International Business Times
France's new left-wing government announced on Wednesday a cut in the pension age to 60 for some long-time workers, carrying out an election pledge in the face of economic troubles and an EU warning that it would overburden an already creaking social...
International Business Times
Francois Hollande became the first French president to visit British war graves in Normandy on the 68th anniversary of D-Day . Accompanied by the British defense secretary Philip Hammond, Hollande, who defeated Nicolas Sarkozy in the May presidential...
Daily Nation
Wednesday France's new Socialist government has rolled back an emblematic reform of Nicolas Sarkozy's administration with a decree lowering the retirement age from 62 to 60 for some workers, a minister said. The decree, reducing the age limit for...
International Business Times
France is to lower the retirement age for some workers from 62 to 60, in a move that reverses the trend in most developed countries. The proposal by Socialist President Francois Hollande reverses a signature reform of his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy,...
The Guardian
Francois Hollande's official portrait, assessed as a normal image of a normal president. Photograph: Raymond Depardon/Dila/La Documentation Francaise/EPA It is one of the most successful branding exercises in French politics, but Francois Hollande 's...