French power workers tone down protests to win support

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Series Details 11.6.04
Publication Date 11/06/2004
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French power workers have staged power cuts in protest over what they regard as the privatisation of Electricité de France (EdF) and Gaz de France to bring them into line with European Union energy liberalisation directives. However, power cuts in Paris on 7 June 2004 prompted an angry public reaction.

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