Word: fillon
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...their commanding lead in the polls hasn't lulled the conservatives into taking the outcome for granted. Led by interim Prime Minister Francois Fillon, UMP candidates have hammered away at the importance of capturing a resounding majority to assist the popular Sarkozy with what they call long-overdue reforms - changes they accuse the left of being too ideologically deluded to accept. In reply to leftist accusations that rolling back welfare would penalize the less wealthy to the benefit of the rich, Fillon mocked his rivals as "moralizing impostors." He also smeared leftists opposing the right's promises to curb immigration...
...caution and crossed signals may finally be giving way to bolder action. Last week, a mere 48 hours after Seillière's outburst, Employment and Social Affairs Minister François Fillon announced a decree temporarily liberalizing employee overtime limits from the current 130 hours a year to 180. That falls short of the 200-hour permanent limit Seillière sought, but it represents a significant retreat from the 35-hour week instituted by Jospin. Then the government leaked its 2003 budget, which would reduce income taxes and employer-paid benefits but raise minimum wages and maintain...