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January 30, 2009

French Workers Hold Nationwide Strike
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In France, more than a million workers took to the streets nationwide in
a general strike against the French government’s response to the global
financial crisis. The strike was the largest in western Europe to date
since the crisis unfolded last September. Critics say French President
Nicolas Sarkozy’s $33 billion recovery program has favored banks over
workers.



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