Official images of French President Nicolas Sarkozy serenely strolling along a boardwalk with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the French resort-town of Deauville on Monday evening (18 October) stand in contrast to social tensions in the rest of the country.
As the two leaders called for an EU treaty change to prevent future government debt crises threatening the eurozone, widespread protests continued across France in opposition to Mr Sarkozy's pension reform plans that propose raisi...
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