France

Magazine articles on politics and society in France.

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BusinessWeek May 10, 2004	Will France's Payroll Taxes Be Hiked? In a blow to efforts to curb France's welfare state, the center-right government could be forced to restore $1.4 billion in unemployment benefits .
BusinessWeek May 3, 2004 John Rossant	An Alliance In Ruins Brief reviews of two books, "Dangerous De-Liaisons" and "The French Betrayal of America," and a more indepth look at relations between France and the U.S.
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Carol Matlack	Can A Lame Duck Keep French Reform Alive? It's the ax that didn't fall. Just about everyone in France expected Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin to lose his job after the poor showing of the ruling center-right coalition in elections on Mar. 21 and 28.
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 Carol Matlack	France Is Shooting Itself In The Pied Its rigid labor policies are driving off desperately needed foreign investment
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004	A Bold Move By Paris And China? The French aerospace and defense industries see China as a potentially lucrative market. But sales of French missiles and other defense products would raise concerns in Washington, which still restricts technology sales to China.
BusinessWeek February 23, 2004 John Rossant	Is France's Center Coming Unglued? Behind all the ethnic turmoil, the idea of France itself is eroding
PC Magazine March 2, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	Smart Trains What's your alternative to dozing on the morning train? In France, it's working on a Wi-Fi-connected notebook computer.
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004	French Voters May Slam Chirac & Co. The decision of France's ruling center-right party chief Alain Juppe to remain in politics could spur a voter backlash.
BusinessWeek January 26, 2004 Power & Crock	Spain's Aznar on Breaking The Franco-German Grip The Prime Minister looks back on a year that raised Spain's maverick profile.
InsideFlyer January 2004	Europe: BA/Iberia Link Approved A commercial alliance between British Airways and Iberia has won antitrust immunity from the European Commission, and a Brussels regulator said that a similar agreement between Alitalia and Air France is likely to be approved as well.
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