Sarkozy warned of ‘class war’

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Series Details 19.3.09
Publication Date 19/03/2009
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Report of an FT interview with Maurice Lévy, head of Publicis, March 2009. In the context of a prospective second national strike in less than two months on the 19 March 2009, Mr Lévy, said that France faced a 'class war' that could undermine President Nicolas Sarkozy’s reform efforts and spark a period of damaging labour unrest.

French workers staged nationwide strikes and protests to demand more state protection from the economic crisis.

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France24, 19.3.09: Strike two, France faces another ‘Black Thursday’ http://www.france24.com/en/20090319-france-faces-another-black-thursday-strikes-financial-crisis
BBC News, 19.3.09: French unions claim 3m on street http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7951949.stm
Deutsche Welle, 19.3.09: Millions Protest Sarkozy Economic Policies http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4112375,00.html

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