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France: 56% vote no in the referendum on the EU constitution
The European Union and the French economic, financial and political establishment plunged into crisis as France voted last night against the proposed EU constitution.
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France: French workers say ‘NON’ to the European constitution and the establishment
"We’re voting no. It is a constitution for the bourgeoisie, for multinationals, for bosses. It is only about the economy, competition, profits, the market and capitalism. We are against all that; we are communists. There […]
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France: Chirac facing defeat?
Mobilisations against the Raffarin government merge with opposition to the European constitution.
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France: “Paris 2012 is seven years away, our wages matter today”
One million people took to the streets demanding better wages and battling against a longer working week
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France: 24-hour general strike in the making.
The three main French trade union confederations CFTC (Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens), CGT (Confédération Générale du Travail) and FO (Force Ouvrière) have launched an appeal to all private and public sector workers to strike […]
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France: school students strike against education ‘reforms’
Thousands take to the streets against right wing Raffarin government
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France: 160,000 school students in strikes and protests
Just two days after the half-term holidays ended for all school students the streets of France filled with school students striking and demonstrating against the education ‘reform’.
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France: Week of mobilisations against redundancies and for higher wages
The public sector workers turned out in massive numbers last week against the ongoing liberalisation pushed by the Raffarin government and to protest against the meagre wage deal they had been offered.
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French elections: Raffarin’s ‘reforms’ decisively rejected
Prospect of new wave of workers’ struggles
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France: cwi candidates make gains in district elections
Last Sunday, France went to the ballot box for regional and district elections.