French Lawmakers Vote to Boost Workweek
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Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that would let workers stay on the job longer each week, a move critics say will dismantle France's legally mandated 35-hour work week.
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PARIS, June 10 -- French voters reinforced President Nicolas Sarkozy's mandate for major reform of the nation's moribund economy and government, giving his ruling party and its allies an estimated 46 percent of the vote in Sunday's first round of parliamentary elections, according to nearly compl...
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PARIS, June 10 -- French voters reinforced President Nicolas Sarkozy's mandate for major reform of the nation's moribund economy and government, giving his ruling party and its allies an estimated 46 percent of the vote in Sunday's first round of parliamentary elections, according to nearly complete...
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France's centre-right government stood defiantly by plans to make the 35-hour work week more flexible with the controversial prospect of longer hours, despite mass weekend protests.
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Hundreds of thousands of French people took part in demonstrations across the country to protest against government plans to reform the 35-hour work week.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy is seeking to bolster his mandate for pervasive reforms to energize France's sluggish economy in legislative elections that opened Sunday.The vote is crucial to Sarkozy's reform program because the composition of his Cabinet and its ability to push through legislation is tied to the number of seats the mainstream right has in the 577-seat National Assembly.The balloting Sunday is the first round. In France's complex electoral calculus, only candidates who win a majority of votes Sunday land a seat immediately. In races with no majority winner, any hopeful who gets more than 12.5 percent will qualify for a decisive second round June 17. Read more
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France goes to the polls for the second time in a just over a month on Sunday when it votes in parliamentary elections that are expected to seal President Nicolas Sarkozy's grip on power.
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French voters are electing a new parliament, with President Sarkozy's UMP party expected to make gains.
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France's parliament passes a new bill introducing possible DNA tests for foreigners who want to join relatives.
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The French parliament votes to approve a draft law approving the new EU reform treaty.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, with a strong, if reduced, parliamentary majority in hand, plans to waste no time in rolling out his ambitious and contested programme of economic reforms.
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U.S. lawmakers return to work on  Tuesday from a month-long recess with time running out for  Republicans to pass legislation, impress unhappy voters and  retain control of Congress in the November 7 elections.
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The French cabinet approves a proposal to encourage parties to promote more women into politics.
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Italy has more national holidays than many industrialised countries and most employees get a month&#39;s paid leave on top, but some parliamentarians are demanding more.
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French conservatives were headed for a parliamentary landslide after a first round legislative election on Sunday, bolstering President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to implement wide-ranging reforms.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveils plans to give French employers incentives to allow overtime.
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Lawmakers trying to get elected push last-minute bills to help constituents, from hurricane relief to tobacco buyouts.