Sarkozy tweaks pension plan as open-ended strikes loom

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Source: BBC

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will inject more cash into his retirement reform bill so some parents can retire earlier. The announcement comes after trade unions announced open-ended strike action against the reform on Wednesday.

Opposition Socialist senators denounced the changes as simply reinstating existing advantages that had been due to be axed. "You're turning the debate into theatre," said the Socialists' Senate leader Jean-Pierre Bel.

The unions and the government have been at loggerheads for months over this new pension reform bill, but the signs are that things are about to get worse, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris.

Open-ended strikes are expected to be staged from Tuesday, as public transport and energy workers hold a fourth day of protest in just over a month.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11491941

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2. K&R! //nt

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3. my little girl and i will be at the demonstrations on tuesday

and on strike after that with the execption of the law school where i will teach about retirement plans