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Monday, May 19, 2003
posted by gbarto at 3:15 AM:
French news headlines:Le Monde: Public Workers on Strike to Protect Retirement. In fact, they want to improve benefits at a time when the rest of France is tightening its belt. Save for the public servants, of course. Not to worry, the fog of May 1968 still sufficiently clouds France that the people march right along instead of wondering how much they'll have to pay in taxes to keep it going.
Le Figaro: Morocco Caught By Islamist Terrorism.
Libération: After Dijon, take a hard left... Directions for the Socialist Party (PS) with half the country on strike over reforms proposed by Chirac's Union for a Presidential/Parliamentary Majority.
Ouest-France: Hollande: "The Socialists are back". Hollande is the head of the Socialist Party.
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