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08/11/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

Where there's smoke ...

Cigarette prices go up six per cent in price today in France. Is it enough to reduce the number of smokers or just a smokescreen for filling state coffers? One paper fumes: just what use is the price increase? That’s the focus in today’s French press review: MONDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER 2010
Workers vote to end pension strikes at oil refineries
30/10/2010 - FRANCE

Workers vote to end pension strikes at oil refineries

Workers at all 12 of France's oil refineries have voted to end a two-week strike over pension reform that provoked fuel shortages across the country.
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Pension protesters hold firm despite lower turnout
29/10/2010 - FRANCE

Pension protesters hold firm despite lower turnout

The government has all but won. But protesting workers across France vowed to carry on their struggle against a government they say shut the unions – and them – out of negotiations to change France's pensions system.
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French pension reform bill faces final vote in parliament
27/10/2010 - FRANCE

French pension reform bill faces final vote in parliament

France's pension reform bill goes before the lower house Wednesday, a day after the Senate approved the measure raising the retirement age from 60 to 62, amid signs that nationwide strikes and protests against the reform are losing steam.
France's interior minister says oil supplies returning to 'normal'
26/10/2010 - FRANCE

France's interior minister says oil supplies returning to 'normal'

France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said Tuesday that oil supplies were gradually returning "to normal", as five of the France's mainland refineries went back to business after going on strike against the government's unpopular reform.
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Marseille's rubbish piles to be cleared as workers end strike
26/10/2010 - FRANCE

Marseille's rubbish piles to be cleared as workers end strike

Rubbish collectors and workers from three oil refineries in Marseille were back at work on Tuesday after voting to end their walkout against France's pension reform. Although strikes continue nationwide, this is the first sign of dwindling support.
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Fresh blockades as a quarter of France's petrol stations still dry
25/10/2010 - FRANCE

Fresh blockades as a quarter of France's petrol stations still dry

Strikers restored a blockade at a major fuel depot in the south of France on Monday, in fresh opposition to President Nicolas Sarkozy's unpopular pension reform. A quarter of France's petrol stations continue to run dry.
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One in four petrol stations 'dry' as school holidays begin
24/10/2010 - FRANCE

One in four petrol stations 'dry' as school holidays begin

A quarter of France's petrol stations are no longer being supplied with fuel, the French presidency has announced, as pupils begin half-term holidays and the country prepares for another week of strikes and protests over pension reform.
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Fuel shortage clouds holiday plans amid pension stand-off
24/10/2010 - FRANCE

Fuel shortage clouds holiday plans amid pension stand-off

Continuing strikes at France's oil refineries have affected fuel supplies at the start of half-term holidays after the French Senate approved a controversial bill to reform the country's pension system.
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French unions unbowed after pension reform clears Senate
23/10/2010 - FRANCE

French unions unbowed after pension reform clears Senate

French labour and student unions have pledged to continue blocking fuel depots and staging protests a day after the Senate approved a controversial bill to reform the country's pension system.
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