France Economy

The Next French President Won't Be Who You Think

Benoit Toussaint | Posted 03.19.2012

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Benoit Toussaint

Of course, no one can predict who the next French president will be. It doesn't really matter. The real winner will be austerity.

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Stalling Out: Eurozone Crisis Spreads To France As Car Sales Decline

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.03.2012

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Fewer French people bought cars in 2011, the latest indication that the European economic crisis is taking a toll on the continent's second largest ec...

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Value-Added Tax Trap: The inevitable fix for the deficit

Feb. 8, 2010 | Shawn Tully | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The gigantic deficits the Administration is projecting are appalling, and they provide a chilling look at our future: America is...

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Sarkozy Wants Happiness Used As Economic Indicator

AP | EMMA VANDORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy asked world leaders to join a "revolution" in the measurement of economic progress by dropping their ob...

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French Workers Lock Up Bosses

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — French factory workers angry over layoffs and cost cuts locked up their bosses at a Michelin tire plant and a U.S.-owned cigarette-paper...

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Caterpillar Plant: French Workers Detain Bosses

AP | THIERRY BOINET | Posted 05.25.2011

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GRENOBLE, France — Angry French workers facing layoffs at a Caterpillar factory held four of their bosses Tuesday at the U.S. manufacturer's pla...

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French Workers Strike To Protest Sarkozy's Economic Policies

AP | JEAN-MARIE GODARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — More than 1 million people marched in France on Thursday to demand the government do more to overcome the economic crisis, but planned s...

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French Strikes: Sarkozy Vs The Street

The Independent | John Lichfield in Paris | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the biggest demonstrations seen in France for more than a decade, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets yesterday to protest against ...

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France On Strike To Protest Government's Handling Of Financial Crisis

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: 2pm The unions who organized the nation-wide strike in France say 2.5 million workers have participated, BBC reports. French police have put ...

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