November 2007 strikes in France retire with full pension benefits after 37.5 years rather than 40 years. The Sarkozy administration claims the current pension system allows some public sector workers to retire as early as age 50. The government calculated the cost of these early-retirement benefits at $7 billion a year. President Nicolas Sarkozy felt that his victory in the 2007 presidential election gave him a mandate to carry out labour reforms, stating "I said before I was elected what I would do," and "we will do these reforms because they have to be done." He declared the strikes a test of political will. "I
Protestant Federation of France Protestant Federation of France The Protestant Federation of France ("Fédération protestante de France") is a religious organisation created on 25 October 1905, which united the principal Protestant Christian groupings in France. The current president is François Clavairoly, who took over from previous president Claude Baty in 2013. The Protestant Federation of France may be further divided as follows: Exhaustive list (2007) of Churches or unions of Churches which are members of the PFF: In addition the Assemblies of God of France (Assemblées de Dieu de France) are currently in dialogue with the PFF with the eventual aim of becoming full