September 2, 2005
WHICH IS WHY SHE'LL LOSE:
New French plan: No labor overhaul> (James Kanter, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005, International Herald Tribune)
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Thursday unveiled what he called a modern model for France that maintains the country's tradition of social protection and offered middle-class tax breaks to revive the sluggish economy.
Villepin's plan, which he announced a week before his first 100 days in office draw to a close, contrasts markedly with proposals from a fellow conservative, Angela Merkel, the German opposition leader. He offered little new in terms of overhauling the inflexible labor laws that the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development say are a major drag on the French economy.
Merkel has promised to make labor overhaul a priority if she is elected, holding it up as a central plank of her economic revival plan for Germany.
Why should a dying people work harder? Posted by Orrin Judd at September 2, 2005 12:00 AM
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Maybe some new sprouts are growing from underneath the dead wood.
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at September 2, 2005 10:55 AM
Uh, how exactly is Merkel a "fellow conservative" to de Villepin? Wouldn't the sentence be a lot more accurate with the "fellow"?
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at September 2, 2005 1:43 PMWhy do some of us have a cute little icon of person and dialogue balloon next to our name and other don't?
Posted by: erp at September 2, 2005 9:39 PM
I signed up for TypeKey, but no balloon.
Posted by: oj at September 2, 2005 9:58 PM