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06/12/2012 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

French sperm: an 'endangered species'

IN THE FRENCH PAPERS, 06/12/12: French papers focus on a meeting that took place yesterday between the government and trade unions over an embattled steel plant in north-eastern France. Trade unions say they feel the government has betrayed them. Meanwhile, according to an alarming study, the French sperm count has gone down by one third in the last 17 years!

14/11/2012 - EUROPEAN UNION

Clashes erupt amid Europe's anti-austerity protests

Protesters furious over austerity cuts clashed with police in Spain and Italy on Wednesday as a string of rallies and strikes were held in cities across Europe.

05/11/2012 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

China: 'The Little Leap Forward'

Louis Gallois's report, out this Monday, on how to improve the competitiveness of the French economy, grabs most headlines. But not all. Libération decides instead to lead on changes underway in Beijing where the 18th Communist Party Congress is about to usher in a new leadership and, hence, a new era. That's the focus for this look at the French press on Monday 5th November, 2012.

19/10/2012 - Spain

Spanish unions call for anti-austerity strike

Spain's trade unions have called for a general strike on November 14, to protest the conservative government's austerity measures and workplace reforms. The strike falls on the same day as similar protests planned in Portugal and Greece.

03/09/2012 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Hollande 'walking in a minefield'

The French president's "Mr. Normal" tag is flagging. The left-wing daily Libération is saying it got badly burnt during a summer of bad economic data and government in-fighting. François Hollande's challenging "rentrée" is also front page news for Aujourd'hui-en-France, which says he is "walking in a minefield". That's the focus for what the French papers are saying this Monday 3rd September, 2012.

31/07/2012 - US POLITICS

Romney riles Solidarity union on Poland visit

US presidential candidate Mitt Romney ran into hot water again on his embattled foreign policy tour, after historic trade union Solidarity accused him of backing attacks on unions in his own country.

06/06/2012 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Obama's secret wars

In today's world papers - the ethical and political concerns raised by drone strikes, and should Obama have got more involved in Wisconsin?

03/05/2012 - THE WEEK IN FRANCE

May Day: The people's platform

This special edition of the show is dedicated to the French presidential elections. We begin by speaking to voters about which issues will motivate their decision this Sunday. Next, we head beyond our borders, and explore what Socialist candidate François Hollande and incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy have in store for France's European future. Finally, we take a look at the two women who are in the running to be first lady.

01/05/2012 - CAMPAIGN CHRONICLES

Are France's unions ever really neutral?

Both Nicolas Sarkozy and union leaders are being criticised for undermining the supposedly strict political neutrality of May Day - but isn't it always highly political anyway?

01/05/2012 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Occupying May Day

In today's pick of the world papers - the Occupy movement tries to bring May Day protests to the US, and we look at whether Joseph Kony is really involved in the conflict in Sudan.

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