Conservatism in France

Recall that millions of French are protesting plans to raise the retirement age.
The day was spent in blockades of railway stations, roads and part of the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.

French Border police at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris shot - and killed - man who was wielding a knife in the public area of the airport.
"Police officers shot and killed a man who brandished a knife at the Charles de Gaulle airport", the police said on Twitter.

Greece needs to be redesigned from scratch. The state, its laws, its justice system - they all need to be rebuilt. History - unfortunately - requires such revolutionary changes after great tragedies and misadventures. 

Constantinos Karamanlis had such an opportunity after the restoration of democracy in Greece.

Flights to and from Paris are being cancelled by Air France, according to the Sofia Airport. The reason is a strike of Air France employees, including pilots, crews and ground staff. They insist on a 6% salary increase and hold a series of one-day strikes since February. Today, at 17:35, Sofia had to fly AF1789 to Paris "Charles de Gaulle".

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy told magistrates that accusations of illicit Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign were a web of lies that had made his life "hell" and lost him a re-election bid in 2012, Le Figaro newspaper said.

During the era of PASOK's omnipotence, which was 30 years or more ago, the main opposition at the time, New Democracy, tended to refer to the silent majority in its political rhetoric.

It based this on the belief that the broad middle class did not join street protests or rallies, did not shout and did not provoke. In other words, it just minded its own business.

Air France had been expected to present the full details of the job cuts during its central committee at Charles de Gaulle airport yesterday before the meeting was disrupted and descended into chaos with employees rushing into the room.

The managers of Air France were almost lynched and managed to escape with their shirts ripped off.

As my Turkish Airlines flight landed at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, I became more anxious...

The difficulties I endured the first time I went to the United States, six months after Sept. 11, are still vivid in my memory. I have many friends who no longer want to go to America because of these difficulties.

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with corruption and influence peddling, French prosecutors said July 2, a dramatic move in a criminal probe that could wreck his hopes of a political comeback.        

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into custody for questioning, according to legal sources.

He is being investigated over alleged influence peddling, according to the BBC.

Hours earlier, it was reported that his lawyer and two magistrates had also been and interrogated as part of a corruption probe involving Sarkozy.