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Friday, June 20, 2003
posted by gbarto at 12:18 AM:
French news headlines:Le Monde: Opening of European Summit of Thessalonika. First they're going to work on policies for immigration and asylum. Then peskier international issues like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Le Figaro:
Raffarin has won; Unions prepare for return
It looks like he's pulled it off for at least the short term by not blinking. We congratulate him. Notwithstanding Chirac's international politics, the Raffarin regime could bring France forward. The change in attitude comes as millions of demonstrators have dropped to a couple hundred thousand and as thoughts shift to - it's France - summer vacations.Libé: Landscape for Unions Modified by Two Months of Protests. Something like that.
Ouest-France: Last Marches Before Vacation Season. Ouest-France says Raffarin has won a short term victory but things remain unstable.
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