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- Demonstrations, blockades, and strikes were held across the country by university students and faculty for months. Another general strike was organized for March 19 of 2009, specifically calling for assistance for workers, an end to tax breaks for businesses and the wealthy, and an end to cuts of public sector jobs.
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9–14 July 2009 (6 days) (UTC+2) Injured. 13 police officers. Perpetrators. youths demonstrators. No. of participants. 250+. A series of riots took place in July 2009 in France. On Bastille Day in the commune of Montreuil, an eastern suburb area of Paris, French youths set fire to 317 cars. [1]
Jan 30, 2009 · By David Jolly. Jan. 29, 2009. PARIS A nationwide protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s economic policies drew more than a million demonstrators into the streets of France on Thursday...
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The 2009 French Caribbean general strikes began in the French overseas region of Guadeloupe on 20 January 2009, and spread to neighbouring Martinique on 5 February 2009. Both islands are located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean.
2007–09: 2007–09 university protests in France, protest movements resulting from several reform projects under Minister for Higher Education and Research Valérie Pécresse. 2009: 2009 French riots, a series of riots that occurred on Bastille Day (14 July) in the commune of Montreuil, an eastern suburb area of Paris.
Mar 19, 2009 · Thu 19 Mar 2009 04.12 EDT. France is bracing for a wave of street protests in the second general strike over Nicolas Sarkozy's handling of the economic crisis.
credit crisis. Photos from France's largest general strike in three years which hit transportation, school, hospital and mail services as more than 1 million protesters took part, with tens of thousands of youths, retirees and unemployed people march across towns and cities to protect jobs and consumers during the global economic crisis.
Mar 19, 2009 · More than 3 million people have taken to streets throughout France to protest the government’s handling of the economic crisis and the policies of President Nicolas Sarkozy, French unions...
