Sarkozy turns to public sector

Report discusses proposals by President Nicolas Sarkozy in France, announced 18-19 September, for a wide-ranging overhaul of the labour market and a shake-up of the civil service, and that these proposals will answer his critics who had begun to suspect that he was more talk than action.

BBC News, 18.9.07: Sarkozy targets pension benefits http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7000095.stm

The Tocqueville Connection, 20.9.07: Sarkozy rallies French public in showdown with unions http://www.adetocqueville.com/

BBC News, 19.9.07: Sarkozy announces huge job cuts http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7003866.stm

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