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French Socialists urged to consider end of 35 hour week by former WTO chief
An attempt by the French prime minister to shut down debate on the 35-hour week appeared to flounder on Friday as the divided Socialist party prepared for its annual conference, with Pascal Lamy, the former head of the World Trade Organisation, urging members to consider ending it. Continue reading…
The World This Week, August 29 2014
Talking about France and European work habits (in second part). Watch here…
Martin Amis’s holocaust ‘comedy’ fails to find German publisher
In the UK, some critics have hailed it as the “best book in 25 years” by one of Britain’s greatest living writers. But The Zone of Interest, Martin Amis‘s “brutish comedy” set in a fictionalised Auschwitz, may struggle to find readers overseas after the author confirmed on Thursday that both his German and French publishers had declined to publish the novel. Continue reading…
France’s new education minister prompts rightwing protests
French rightwing groups who mobilised against same-sex marriage have threatened further social unrest to protest against the promotion of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, an outspoken proponent of gender equality, to the post of education minister in the new government unveiled on Tuesday. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 