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Shades of Greece protests !
French workers defied government demands to get back to work.
Severe fuel shortages abound.
All over raising the retirement age to 62.
"French oil workers defied the government's demand Monday to get back to work and end fuel shortages, stepping up their fight against President Nicolas Sarkozy's retirement reforms, as youths faced off against riot police and truckers joined the protests."
Shades of Greece protests !
French workers defied government demands to get back to work.
Severe fuel shortages abound.
All over raising the retirement age to 62.
"French oil workers defied the government's demand Monday to get back to work and end fuel shortages, stepping up their fight against President Nicolas Sarkozy's retirement reforms, as youths faced off against riot police and truckers joined the protests."
Truck drivers in France are not government employees. The large street protests are made up of all French professions and many students as well. France's 10 of 12 oil refineries have been hit by strikes and fuel rationing and shortages are appearing.
Sarkozy's government (and the UMP party) has lost much popularity recently due to his handling of gypsies and the allegations that Eric Woerth, the Finance Minister, knew of tax breaks to France's richest woman, Betancourt.
No problem. Most Americans have no clue about Europe and probably couldn't even find Europe on a world map.
That's true--but the idea of cutting back on retirement benefits (what Sarkozy's government calls "reform") is much easier to understand than what countries border on Belgium or Greece.
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