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Here is another case in point: French Farmers Torch Tax Office in Brittany Protest . French vegetable farmers protesting against falling living standards have set fire to tax and insurance offices in town of Morlaix, in Brittany. The farmers used tractors and trailers to dump artichokes, cauliflowers and manure in the streets and also smashed windows, police said
Sure enough, Valls wins confidence vote and vows to press on with France reform . France’s prime minister on Tuesday vowed to continue his reformist drive as he won a crucial confidence vote to strengthen his hand in efforts to restart the country’s faltering economy. Manuel Valls said restoring competitiveness was “indispensable†for reigniting growth yet he stopped short of touching the 35-hour working week or other closely held symbols of his Socialist party’s left.
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Bloomberg reports France Asks for More Action From ECB to Correct Overvalued Euro . French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called for more action from the European Central Bank to lower the value of the euro, amid concerns the 18-nation region might be headed toward deflation.“The monetary policy has started to change,†Valls said today in a speech made at the Socialist Party’s summer school in La Rochelle, France.
The Financial Times reports Insurrection Forces François Hollande to Act . François Hollande, a politician renowned for his caution, acted with uncharacteristic speed on Monday to shake up his Socialist government after a weekend of provocative insurrection by Arnaud Montebourg, his most voluble leftwing minister. The Elysée Palace denied French media reports that Manuel Valls, the uncompromising prime minister appointed only five months ago, had delivered a “him or me†ultimatum to the president, forcing Mr Hollande’s hand
Veteran journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh warned in a prophetic 2007 New Yorker article titled, " The Redirection Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism? " that (emphasis added): To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has coöperated with Saudi Arabia’s government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran.
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For her writeup, French Blogger Fined $2,000 for Restaurant Review, Too Prominent on Google . A blogger eats in an Italian restaurant in southwestern France. She thinks the food is bad, the service even worse, and she writes up a review that is not glowing, to put it mildly.