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Thursday, 05 July 2007 |
The government’s plan for a rise in
TVA in order to scratch out a couple
of the lines on French payslips was
widely judged to have been a factor in the
Socialist’s relative success in the
parliamentary elections.
In the aftermath, Laurence Parisot,
Chairman of the largest French bosses’
union, Medef, pleaded with the
government not to shelve the idea:
“If politicians approach this sort of
subject with demagogic arguments they
will not help us to understand the
economic reasoning behind the proposals,”
said Mme Parisot, who runs a business
near Agen making folding and
sliding doors.
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Thursday, 05 July 2007 |
Reinforcement of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change’s report of earlier this year came in June with the
UN’s publication of the ‘Global Outlook for Ice and Snow’.
The document has been put together by 70 experts worldwide as
part of International Polar Year.
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Thursday, 05 July 2007 |
Bears
This spring, despite misery among bearlovers
when only two introduced
females in the French Pyrenees emerged
from hibernation, there was jubilation
when Hvala swaggered out with two
babies. These bears are of Slovenian stock
and are part of a programme to reintroduce
brown bears, which have had a troubled
history with humans.
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Wednesday, 04 July 2007 |
What’s brewing at school?
French News picks the brains of Xavier Darcos,
Maire of Périgueux and recently appointed
Ministre de l’Éducation Nationale for his vision
of education in France
FN: Nicolas Sarkozy has mentioned
making private schools more accessible.
Do you plan to alter the balance
between private and state education?
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Wednesday, 04 July 2007 |
• Education is compulsory in Europe but BBC, ITV, FREE TO AIR, SKY, ETC.
not in at least 25 countries of the world
On average compulsory education lasts
10 years in Europe but the Hungarians
suffer the longest, having to attend for
13 years, followed by the UK and the
Netherlands with 12.
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