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- French senate approves controversial pension reform
- The French Senate has voted through President Nicolas Sarkozy's unpopular reform of the country's pension system, which would raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62 and the maximum age for a full pension from 65 to 67. The bill has already been passed by the National Assembly, but still needs... >>>
Friday, October 22, 2010 21:19 UTC › Author: Alen 
- French unions call for more protests
- French unions called Thursday for two more days of protests against government plans to raise the retirement age, as lawmakers cut through red tape to try to make the proposal law within days. Six major unions called for nationwide demonstrations on October 28 and November 6, saying that protests... >>>
Thursday, October 21, 2010 22:55 UTC › Author: ToTo - Protesters rally across France over pension reforms
- France entered a fifth day of nationwide strikes Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets, rallying against a government proposal to raise the national retirement age to 62. Protesters formed a line stretching two miles long near the historic Bastille Square in Paris, waving... >>>
Sunday, October 17, 2010 21:51 UTC › Author: David - Electric cars arrive, pose test for grids
- Industry watchers question if power grids can cope with the influx of electric vehicles, even though EVs are likely to remain, at least at first, a fraction of the new car market. But as CO2 emissions rules tighten, carmakers need to take action. "We need a radical solution," Renault and Nissan Chief... >>>
Friday, October 1, 2010 21:46 UTC › Author: Alen
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