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To: Tommaso who wrote (51462)	10/14/2005 7:12:47 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206209

Good point! France is a good example: French train, bus and other public services were disrupted after a call by unions for a nationwide strike today to demand higher wages and protest new labor laws that make it easier to fire workers. STRIKES CRIPPLE FRANCE The workers were protesting falling living standards and a new law which makes it easier for small firms to sack their staff. ELMAT: The workers don't know that it is an end of an era. Practical people would be trying to find some else to do.

To: Tommaso who wrote (51462)	10/15/2005 3:14:27 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 206209

Financial Times: Germany swings to pragmatic generation For Germany, the 1960s finally came to an end this week. Confirmation of the departure of Gerhard Schröder and his Red-Green government marks the retirement of the 1968 generation that has influenced so much of political and cultural life. ELMAT: It's about time! Next Sarkozy French president to do away with Cohen-Bendt legacy. Germany swings to pragmatic generation By Frederick Studemann Published: October 14 2005 20:08 \| Last updated: October 14 2005 20:08 For Germany, the 1960s finally came to an end this week. Confirmation of the departure of Gerhard Schröder and his Red-Green government marks the retirement of the 1968 generation that has influenced so much of political and cultural life. In its place comes the “1989 generation” of Angela Merkel, shaped by the joys and subsequent disappointments of the fall of the Berlin Wall and German unification. The transition promises to be quite a moment. The achtundsechziger – or 68ers – were born out of the rebellion against the shifty, stale and reactionary world of postwar West Germany. The way they tell it, it was a heroic endeavour. Having made their parents face up to the horrors of the Nazi years, they embarked on an epic “march through the institutions” that would see the revolution introduced in orderly bureaucratic process.