November 2007 strikes in France November 2007 strikes in France The 2007 strikes in France were a series of general strikes, mostly in the public sector, which started on 13 November 2007. The strike was over President Nicolas Sarkozy's and Prime Minister François Fillon's attempt to reduce early retirement benefits for 500,000 public employees. Sarkozy had stated that pension reform is the first in a series of measures designed to roll back protections for trade unions in France, and both unions and Sarkozy saw the pension strikes as a key political test. France's national labour law permits workers in certain hazardous or difficult professions to
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