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NEWS ABOUT: Francois Fillon

Francois Fillon stories: 5 news summaries

'European Model' Could Die: French PM

'Sluggish growth' may destroy safety net,
job security

Sep 5, 09 7:40 PM CDT
(AP) - The prime minister of France, the country perhaps most associated with the cherished "European model" of job security and social safety nets, warned today that it may prove unsustainable because the region's economies are too stagnant. "With this sluggish growth, we cannot preserve the European social model or... More »

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Europe • France • socialism • recession • Francois Fillon • job security • economy

French PM Lobbies US on Weak Economy

In Washington, Fillon seeks alliance to spur Chinese revaluing

May 2, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - While Nicolas Sarkozy struggles with the sputtering French economy at home, his prime minister has traveled to Washington to spur international action. François Fillon will meet with Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson today, where he is expected to press the US on the subprime crisis, the weak dollar, and... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • yuan • Francois Fillon • weak dollar

Sarko's First Budget Offers No Big Shakeups

Eschewing austerity, France set to run another huge deficit

Sep 27, 07 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy presented his first budget to the French national assembly yesterday, but tax cuts have largely replaced the overhaul of the public sector he promised during his election campaign. Super-Sarko's plans to shake up the French economy have run aground, the Guardian reports: huge public debt, ballooning social security... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • budget • Francois Fillon

Sarko Backs Down on Public Sector Cuts

Retreats from promise to trim French civil servant rolls by 50% 

Aug 2, 07 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy has backed down from a campaign pledge to reform the sclerotic French civil service, says the Telegraph. The government has scuppered the president's vow to halve the number of civil servants, which Sarkozy had made a central feature of his policy of "rupture." More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • reform • Francois Fillon • civil service

Sarkozy Taps Close Adviser
to Be PM

Ex-Chirac official
is also president's jogging buddy

May 17, 07 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy named chief campaign adviser Francois Fillon his prime minister today, replacing firebrand Dominique de Villepin. Fillon, a right-of-center senator who directed an overhaul of France's pension system as a Chirac administration official, will lead Sarkozy's effort to institute reforms in employment and welfare laws. Fillon, whose wife is... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • Jacques Chirac • France • Dominique de Villepin • Francois Fillon

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