Nicolas Sarkozy warned by German Chancellor not to unveil £150m 'bling' presidential jet

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1324597/Nicolas-Sarkozy-warned-German-Chancellor-unveil--150m-bling-presidential-jet.html

Oh my god
There she blows.


With riots in the streets and poll ratings in the basement, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is under pressure from both home and abroad to delay delivery of a refitted jet that will cost the taxpayer £151million.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is among those who have apparently told the luxury loving Sarkozy that now might not be the best time to take charge of the aircraft that is said to be dripping with 'bling'.

German sources say she advised Sarkozy earlier this week, at a meeting where the pair cut a controversial deal aimed at protecting the euro, to 'hold back' on taking deliver of the aircraft currently undergoing a series of final test flights over the Indian Ocean and South Pacific French administered islands.


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City drowning in rubbish: 10,000 TONS of waste pile up on streets of Marseilles

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1323500/France-strikes-10-000-TONS-waste-pile-streets-Marseilles.html

I believe France is taking back their country.
These hardships are intended.
The "People" of France are speaking in unison as one voice.
It's called solidarity!
And they are being heard.
The world is watching and taking lessons.
Stay strong France and show the world how they to can take their country back simply by shutting it down.

Nearly 10,000 tons of rubbish has piled up in the streets of Marseilles as French strikes and blockades continued.
All of the country's 12 oil refineries remained closed today after nearly two weeks of industrial action which is costing the country up to £350 million a day.
During the disruption French President Nicolas Sarkozy's opinion poll ratings have collapsed and he is now the least popular leader in the history of the Fifth Republic

France Shut-down Over Retirement Age Battle

http://www.alternet.org/story/148571/france_shut-down_over_retirement_age_battle

Solidarity
The People of France are tired of being lied to.
They elected a position,
Not the next king and queen of France, who party down while the peasants pay for their good time.
Sound familiar?

Workers who have contributed to France's steadily increasing wealth over decades are enraged that Sarkozy is re-neging on his campaign promise to not raise retirement age.

Sarkozy Plans to Tighten Grip on State-Owned Firms

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-04/sarkozy-plans-to-tighten-grip-on-french-state-owned-companies.html


French President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to expand government control over state-owned companies, naming board members to represent its interests and increasing financing to manufacturers in a bid to stem industrial decline.

“The state must completely overhaul its shareholder’s role in the big industrial companies,” Sarkozy said today in southern France, according to a copy of a speech e-mailed by his office. “The state will now be represented by at least two administrators in each company it has shares in,” he said.

The state is the majority shareholder in Aeroports de Paris SA, Electricite de France SA and Areva SA. It’s the biggest investor in France Telecom SA, Air France-KLM, Thales SA, GDF Suez SA, Renault SA, and shipmaker STX France.

Sarkozy’s push follows criticism of Renault, in which the government holds a 15 percent stake, for moving jobs to lower- cost countries. In January, Sarkozy said he “doesn’t accept” that Renault has two-thirds of its employees outside the country, while rival automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has two- thirds of its workers in France.