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Sarkozy faces new strike test!

PARIS - PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy heads into a new showdown with French unions on Thursday as angry factory workers join a nationwide day of strikes and protests against his handling of the economic crisis.
Fired up by a poll showing three-quarters of the public back their movement, unions and left-wing parties hope to draw mor than a million workers into the streets for their second show of force against the government in two months.

Thursday's one-day protest comes against a backdrop of mounting anger over job losses and factory closures, as France and its eurozone neighbours feel the bite of a recession that appears set to last well into 2010.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Brea ... TIStory_351781.html

2009-3-19 05:07 PM

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Et alors? Il y a des greves chaque annee.

Just go to France fort two or three months, and you are sure to experience the downsides of a country run by socialists and their com.m.unist worker unions.

2009-3-19 09:38 PM

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Originally posted by seneca at 2009-3-19 21:38
Et alors? Il y a des greves chaque annee.

Just go to France fort two or three months, and you are sure to experience the downsides of a country run by socialists and their com.m.unist worker un ...

Union seems to be a hot topic during the economic downturns.

Americans are very split on the union issue. Some older Americans said that the union was a good thing back so many years ago, but it's dragging the country down now. But the union supporters are trying to pass more laws to make it easy for union to go in companies to recruit members.

From third part point of view, I can see more cons than good things of those unionized companies.

If 3/4 of polled support the union strike, are the majority of French in favor of unionization? How about other European countries?

2009-3-20 03:43 AM

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3: Unions are neither 'good' nor 'bad' just as parties are neither. Or people, for that matter.

But unions in France have disproportionate powers, and they are able to extort major concessions from their employers and from the political establishment all the time.

This is because France, thougyh not a so.cialist so-called 'workers' paradise', has always had political overrepresentation by labour unions and leftleaning parties. Do you know any other country that has both a socialist and a comunist parties? France does!

The French have a deeply ingrained love for this sort of anarchy. That's the one thing I hold against them.

2009-3-20 07:57 AM

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I thought the doomsayers are all predicting , after tea-leaves reading and tarot card fiddling , that China is heading for social unrest , uprising , and civil war ? No ? SS, please explain ?

2009-3-20 08:53 AM

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QUOTE:

Originally posted by seneca at 2009-3-20 07:57

Do you know any other country that has both a socialist and a comunist parties? France does!

The French have a deeply ingrained love for this sort of anarchy.
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For democratic system, isn't it more parties, more merrier? At least all interest groups are represented.

As long as the French like their government structure, it obviously works for the country.

2009-3-20 09:35 AM

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>experience the downsides of a country run by socialists and their com.m.unist worker unions

Been there. Done that. ;)

2009-3-20 02:27 PM

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Man, things are bad in France!

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2009-3-20 02:42 PM

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i think he is a good president ,whatever comes ,i will support him though i am not a french

2009-3-20 03:53 PM

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QUOTE:

Originally posted by broadscan at 2009-3-20 09:35

For democratic system, isn't it more parties, more merrier? At least all interest groups are represented.

As long as the French like their government structure, it obviously works for the c ...

It's informally also called 'being held hostage' by those strikers.

You know you have just purchased your ticket for the TGV from Toulouse to Paris, and when you reach the platform they are telling you, 'excusez-nous, on est en greve aujour'dhui!'

Well, if you are a slightly tolerant, adventurous guy you can live with it: I hitchhiked across FGrance many times; it's a great way of getting to know La DOuce France - people are so hospitable and generous! They shared more than just their car with me!

But you simply can't count on arriving on time in Paris for that interview with your new boss!

2009-3-21 05:59 PM

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French riot police arrest a youth at the end of a peaceful protest march in Paris March 19, 2009. Several hundred youths clashed with police in Paris on Thursday, as peaceful, million-strong protests against France's handling of the economic crisis turned violent. [Agencies]

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2009-3-21 06:27 PM

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Oh, so Bloody Bud declares the French student rioters 'peaceful'; woe betide those who see anything wrong in this little gem of his!

WQhen members of a local ethnicity in a Si.chuan prefecture rioted last year they were quickly labelled 'unpeaceful'...

French students are no more 'peaceful' than any other pampered minorities going berserk over changing rules.

2009-3-22 11:07 AM

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QUOTE:

Originally posted by seneca at 2009-3-21 17:59

I hitchhiked across FGrance many times; it's a great way of getting to know La DOuce France - people are so hospitable and generous! They shared more than just their car with me!
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Thank you! It's great to know. I am sure I'll visit France one day.

2009-3-22 11:14 AM

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