New French PM labours to form government

France’s new Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin worked today to form a government and tackle the nation’s top priority – unemployment. But he already faced labour unrest on his first day on the job.

New French PM labours to form government

France’s new Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin worked today to form a government and tackle the nation’s top priority – unemployment. But he already faced labour unrest on his first day on the job.

A planned strike by workers at the national train authority, the SNCF, was due to begin at 8pm (7pm Irish Time), emblematic of the tough road ahead for a government drawing criticism even before it’s been formed.

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