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2.5 million protest against government's pension plan
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/10/20101016161857806125.html
DOING WHAT IT TAKES:
The battle over a planned overhaul of France's pension system has intensified, with hundreds of thousands of people taking part in the latest of a series of protests across the country.
Labour unions said that more than 2.5 million people joined the demonstrations on Saturday as strikes at shut down oil refineries, sparking fears of a petrol shortage, and temporarily cut supplies to Paris's airports.
"Both sides seem to be really digging their heels in. Sarkozy wants people to know he's not giving into pressure from the street," Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland, reporting from the French capital, said.
A broad alliance of unions, left-wing parties and students warned that another nationwide protest will be held on Tuesday in a final attempt to stop the legislation, which would raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 and see state pensions not awarded until aged 67, ahead of a government vote on Wednesday...
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STUDENTS? OMG!!! Americans may need a lesson! I have always gotten the impression that in Europe, it is the GOVERNMENT that fears the people and not the other way round.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/10/20101016161857806125.html
DOING WHAT IT TAKES:
The battle over a planned overhaul of France's pension system has intensified, with hundreds of thousands of people taking part in the latest of a series of protests across the country.
Labour unions said that more than 2.5 million people joined the demonstrations on Saturday as strikes at shut down oil refineries, sparking fears of a petrol shortage, and temporarily cut supplies to Paris's airports.
"Both sides seem to be really digging their heels in. Sarkozy wants people to know he's not giving into pressure from the street," Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland, reporting from the French capital, said.
A broad alliance of unions, left-wing parties and students warned that another nationwide protest will be held on Tuesday in a final attempt to stop the legislation, which would raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 and see state pensions not awarded until aged 67, ahead of a government vote on Wednesday...
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STUDENTS? OMG!!! Americans may need a lesson! I have always gotten the impression that in Europe, it is the GOVERNMENT that fears the people and not the other way round.
