Word: socialists
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...avoid: finding tough but necessary solutions to explosive problems. In the late '80s, as chief government negotiator in New Caledonia, Blanc brokered a peace accord that ended years of bloody separatist violence. Later, as head of the Paris public-transport authority, he battled unruly unions and a waffling Socialist government to end an era of incessant, paralyzing strikes. As president of Air France from 1993-97, Blanc brought the airline from the brink of bankruptcy to profitability - and partial privatization - by alternatively cajoling and compelling rebellious staff to accept his tough-love restructuring program. Now, in a move that could...
...European Parliament, M.E.P.s chose Pat Cox, an Irish Liberal Democrat, to replace French conservative Nicole Fontaine. A former television journalist, Cox stood as an independent, promising reforms aimed at making the assembly more effective. "We are building the democratic part of Europe's future," he said after defeating Scottish socialist, David Martin, in three rounds of voting...
...citizens of Roubaix, near lille in northwest France, were justly proud of their magnificent Art Deco public swimming pool and sports center. Built in 1932, the complex was a socialist monument to fitness, health and hygiene. But by 1985, with the roof threatening to fall in, it had to close. Roubaix's citizens, determined to hang onto their architectural masterpiece, have turned it into a Museum of Art and Industry that has drawn crowds since its opening in October...
...PORTUGAL Reversal of Fortune Voters unhappy with the Socialist government's lackluster performance punished the ruling party in local polls, prompting the resignation of Prime Minister Antonio Guterres and setting the stage for an early general election. The opposition Social Democrats had their best electoral showing in a decade, winning control of local councils in nearly half of the country's municipalities, including those in Portugal's three largest cities...
...This is vintage Blair. The man who added "New" to Labour has based his career on reconciling (his critics say spinning clouds of verbiage around) old opposites: the free market and socialist ideals, a left-wing party and big business support. In his first term that Third Way vision beguiled voters, but now they are getting impatient about feeble improvements to their schools, hospitals and railroads. Reform is turning out to be tougher to implement than Blair expected. And he has other troubles: the euro he wants Britain to join remains seriously unpopular, and his government has acquired an entrenched...