FRANCE -French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin took a softly-softly line on pensions reform in a recent speech to the French Economic and Social Council in the wake of union-led demonstrations by more than 300,000 people against pensions reform.
“I heard in the streets the preoccupations of the demonstrators. I understand the complexity of the subject is worrying. If it weren’t so difficult it would have been resolved long ago,” he said. ...
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