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Thursday, May 08, 2003
posted by gbarto at 2:21 AM:
French news headlines:Le Monde: Washington resumes with UN on Iraq. Powell is to speak there soon about taking off the sanctions imposed in 1990.
Le Figaro: Retirement Reform: Decision Time. Chirac met with the Council of Ministers yesterday morning; Raffarin went on tv in the evening. But is France ready for their reforms?
Libération: To Work for the Poor. It's a plan for the supplements the government pays businesses to give unemployed hires a chance. But François Fillon, Minister of Social Affairs, brought up his plan for modifying the current system in a cabinet meeting without working with the people who actually run the government employment agencies that would implement it. And he wants a vote by August; others are asking for more time to study his recommendations.
Ouest-France: Here's Fillon again, a very busy bee of late: Fillon gives specifics on retirement reform. Bottom line, it's more equitable but that means less money for those at the top of the scale. And some quarters are still expressing serious reservations.
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