Worldfocus » strikes http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Economic protests and strikes petition France’s government http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/03/19/economic-protests-and-strikes-petition-frances-government/4497/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/03/19/economic-protests-and-strikes-petition-frances-government/4497/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:05:28 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=4497 Across the world, the global economic crisis is causing frustration, anger and vigorous debates over how far governments should go in stimulating their economies.

The U.S. has witnessed frustration over the government’s huge bailout of American International Group (AIG) — whereas France saw a wave of protests and strikes aimed at getting the government to do more to ease the deepening crisis.

John Authers, the investment editor of the Financial Times, joins Martin Savidge to discuss growing anger, next month’s G-20 talks and if the European Union will be able to come up with a unified position.

John Authers of the Financial Times speaks about a new wave of protests and strikes in France aimed at getting the government to do more to ease the deepening crisis, and discusses whether the European Union will be able to come up with a unified position ahead of G-20 talks next month. /files/2009/03/th_france_authers.jpg /files/2009/03/th_france_authers.jpg ]]> http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/03/19/economic-protests-and-strikes-petition-frances-government/4497/feed/