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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
posted by gbarto at 5:04 AM:
French news headlines:Le Monde: Retirement: After the strikes, negotiations. François Fillon meets with union leaders tomorrow. One to two million took to the the streets. Note that this is out of 55-60 million citoyens de la République; i.e. 3% of the population give or take seems to be determined that France will not have retirement pension reform other than their way. And in the grand French tradition, this will be celebrated as a "people's movement".
Le Figaro: Fillon versus the demonstration of force. Says a spokesman for the government, "We must explain better." True. But not to quell the marchers, who are reminiscing about May 1968 and imagining the difference they could make - If we lock arms we can overturn economics... they must think - but to erode the support from within the 40% of the population that thought the marchers should have free rein.
Libé: Pursuit of the strike in question. Says Libé, general assemblies will decide today what becomes of the movement.
Ouest-France: Retirement [reform]: The Massive No! of the Streets.
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