A16 The World
EZ RE
KLMNO
Hundreds of thousands protest president’s pension overhaul
BY ELAINE GANLEY FRANCK PREVEL/GETTY IMAGES
French students demonstrate in Paris by writing on their face “No to the reform,” which would include a raise in the retirement age.
paris—Scattered fuel shortages rattled drivers, and officials at France’s main airport warned thatsomeflightsmust arrive with enough fuel to get back home as hundreds of thousands of people
marched Saturday for the fifth time in a month to protest Presi- dent Nicolas Sarkozy’s plan to raise the retirement age to 62. Frequent strikes in the past few
weeks have hobbled French trains and airports, closed schools and docks, and left gar- bage piling up in the southern port ofMarseille. And now the airline industry is
getting worried, after all of France’s 12 fuel-producing refin- eries went on strike, forcing po- lice to be called in Friday to
reopen three main depots. The Civil Aviation Authority sent out an advisory Friday night to air- lines requiring short- and medi- um-haul flights to Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport — one of Eu- rope’s key hubs — to arrive with enough fuel to get home, spokes- man EricHeraud said. “They must come with a maxi-
mumcapacity in their fuel tanks,” he said. “Obviously, these instruc- tions apply only to short- and medium-haul flights” of less than four or five hours because trans- atlantic flights cannot “double carry” fuel. As fearful drivers headed to the
pumps, Finance Minister Chris- tineLagarde urged the nation not to panic. “There is no risk of shortages,”
she told BFM-TV on Saturday, noting that only 230 of the coun- try’s 13,000 gas stations were out of fuel. “There are weeks of re- serve.” The Ecology Ministry, howev-
er, said that fuel stocks at Charles de Gaulle were good only until Tuesdayandthat the fuel pipeline to the airport was working only intermittently. “I don’t say we can’t guarantee
If AT&T was all about families they’d
make kids free. But they didn’t. So they aren’t.
AT&T GIVES YOUR FAMILY
2 LINES STARTING AT
$5999 /mo T-MOBILE GIVES YOUR FAMILY ®
5 LINES STARTING AT
$5999* /mo
beyond Tuesday . . . we will find other solutions,” a ministry spokesman said. Heraud, of the Civil Aviation Authority, said the pipeline that supplies Charles de Gaulle and the smaller Orly Airport, south of the city, began feeding fuel from the Atlantic port city of Le Havre again Saturday, assuring enough fuel at the main airport until Wednesday. “That leaves time for parallel
supply means,” notably by truck, he said. Orly airport has 17 days’ worth of available fuel, Heraud said. Asign Saturday at a gas station
in Feyzin, near the eastern city of Lyon, announced a fuel shortage at all pumps, frustrating motor- ists there and elsewhere. “When the government says
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010 Strikes continue in France as fuel shortage looms
there will be no shortage, it means there will be a shortage,” said Bernard Martin, a 60-year- old retiree who found no fuel at a Carrefour gas station in Ecully, near Lyon. “Since this morning, there is no more diesel fuel.” Police estimated that about
825,000 people marched in cities across France, lower than during an Oct. 12 march—and far lower than the union estimate of 3 mil- lion. In Paris, huge balloons rose
above a vocal crowd that police counted at 50,000 as marchers made their way from the Place de la Republique to Place de la Na- tion on the city’s eastern edge. Unions claimed 310,000 protest- ers marched. Countries across Europe are
cutting spending and raising tax- es to bring down deficits and debts after the 2008 financial crisis resulted in the worst reces- sion in 70 years. Labor leaders, students and civil servants are fighting back. These protests are “an attempt
to say stop abusing the workers and citizens,” Christian Coste, head of the CGT Union at Total’s LaMede refinery, told Associated Press Television News on Satur- day. “We are not here to bring France to its knees and create a shortage. We are here to make ourselves heard.” Workers have been striking for
five days straight at the La Mede refinery in southern France. Sarkozy’s pension overhaul — especially raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 — are seen by unions as an attack on their near-sacred social protections. Yet the government says it is the only way to save the money- draining pension system and in- sists French workers must work longer because they are living longer. Even at 62, France would have
one of the lowest retirement ages in Europe.
—Associated Press
today’s insert for savings!
Lo d
Look inLook inside ooki sid
PACK VALUE
EXTREME Always great
Club Card Specials
SAF EWAY CL UB EA S
Just switch to any T-Mobile Family Plan and addyour kids forfree. (taxes & fees additional)
COMING UP MONDAY
Bethesda Row Musical Chairs: Newrestaurants arereplacingold ones in Bethesda’s dininghotspot. What might it mean forthe wider business district?
OCTOBER 18 Buy one
get one FREE
After $50 mail-in rebate card. New activation on qualifying plan with 2-year contract required.
Also this Monday
FROMTHE GROUND UP • What thesignslook like forthe area’s commercial real estate market. Is it safe to begin leasingagain?
MONEYMATTERS • Wachovia claimsthe title as theregion’sbiggest bank.A look at howthe rest of the region’sinstitutionsstack up.
*Price includes promotional offer of up to 3 additional lines for $0 until 2012. Regular monthly price applies to added lines after 12/31/2011. Ei
Entertainment never looked better. l Watch James Cameron’s Avatar, exclusively preloaded on Samsung Vibrant™ Call 1-800-TMOBILE | Go to your local T-Mobile Store | Visit
t-mobile.com ®
Offer expires 11/2/2010; subject to change; participating locations only. Free added lines: No monthly recurring charges until after 12/31/2011 for voice and messaging services (web/data not included)onnew lines added to qualifying 2-line family plans. Taxes, fees and charges for other services additional, including Regulatory Programs Feeof $1.41 per line/month. After 12/31/2011, regular monthly service pricing will apply to all added lines. Max. three added lines. Device: Taxes and fees additional. Qualifying post-paid plan &new two-year agreement required for each device. Devices must be purchased and activated at same time on the same account; limit two free devices per account. Allow up to 8weeks for rebate card. See rebate form for details. Mail-in rebate not required for free devices in RI, CT and Miami-DadeCounty.Vibrant only; while supplies last. Device and screen images simulated. Generalterms: Credit approval, $35/line activation fee, &new two-year agreement on all or some lines of family plan may be required; up to $200/line early cancellation fee applies to 2-year contracts. Taxes approx. 6–28% of bill. All unlimited features are only for direct communications between 2people; domestic only. Coverage: Service and 3G coverage not availableeverywhere. Abnormal Usage: Service may be limited or terminated for misuse, abnormal usage or signicant roaming. See store and Terms and Conditions (including arbitration provision) at
www.t-mobile.com for additional information. T-Mobile and the magenta color are registered trademarks of Deutsche Telekom AG. The Family Network is atrademark of T-Mobile USA,Inc. Samsung, Vibrant, and Galaxy Sare all trademarks of Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and its related entities. Avatar ©2009 Twentieth Century FoxFilm Corporation.All rights reserved. ©2010 T-Mobile USA,Inc.
Washington Post subscriber rate:$49/year* *Capital Business only: $69/year
SUBSCRIBE NOW. Includes 52 weekly issues and access to content online. Text keyword CAPBIZ to 98999** • 1-800-873-3887, Ext. 1
washingtonpost.com/capitalbusiness/subscribe Publishedby
**Standard text messaging rates apply. 4 text messages needed to complete order.You will be charged applicable sales tax. That’sourpromise... that’s Ingredients for life.
L P
U
N445 2x8
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156 |
Page 157 |
Page 158 |
Page 159 |
Page 160 |
Page 161 |
Page 162 |
Page 163 |
Page 164 |
Page 165 |
Page 166 |
Page 167 |
Page 168 |
Page 169 |
Page 170 |
Page 171 |
Page 172 |
Page 173 |
Page 174 |
Page 175 |
Page 176 |
Page 177 |
Page 178 |
Page 179 |
Page 180 |
Page 181 |
Page 182 |
Page 183 |
Page 184 |
Page 185 |
Page 186 |
Page 187 |
Page 188