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Class War in France?
SARKOZY WARNED OF ‘CLASS WAR’
France faces a “class war” that could undermine President Nicolas Sarkozy’s reform efforts and spark a period of damaging labour unrest, one of the country’s most prominent business leaders has warned. In an interview with the Financial Times as France braced for its second national strike in less than two months, [...]
Greece! And Where Next? France?
With the occupation of the Athens Polytechnic taking a breath over the winter holiday, we can take a minute and ask, as the rulers of Europe have publicly fretted over the possibly of 1000euro/600euro/internship/precarious/sacrificed generation coming armed to a street corner near you. Or as Sarkozy put it so succinctly, “The French love it when [...]