Here is what the Associated Press is reporting today:
Polls show Nicolas Sarkozy, who came into office in 2007 with a huge mandate, as unpopular as ever. According to the latest, published Tuesday, he had a 61 percent negative rating with only 35 percent of the 1,002 people surveyed giving him thumbs up. It was conducted by Viavoice for the daily Liberation.
Sarkozy's detractors contend the retirement reform favors the rich and feeds the notion of an elitist France run by a man cozy with captains of industry.
"In France, we have a big problem with inequality and those of us on the bottom are sick and tired of taking the hit, while those on high get off scot-free," said Pascale Thierse, a teacher at the Paris protest.
"With this reform the bottom is again getting swindled, while the richest keep getting tax rebates and the like."
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