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	Union for French Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Union for French Democracy, also known by its French acronym UDF (Union pour la Démocratie Française), is a French center-right political party.
		It may be compared to the Christian-Democratic Union of Germany in terms of its Christian democrat policies.
		While a partner in the Raffarin cabinet, the UDF sometimes criticized the policies of the French government, yet did not wish to quit the majority coalition and enter the opposition, which is mostly left-wing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy (379 words)

	Encyclopedia: Union for French Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A civil union is one of several terms for a civil status similar to marriage, typically created for the purposes of allowing same-sex couples access to the benefits enjoyed by married opposite-sex couples (see also same-sex marriage); it can also be used by opposite-sex couples who...
		While a partner in the Raffarin cabinet, the UDF sometimes criticized the policies of the French government, yet did not wish to quit the cabinet and enter the opposition, which is mostly left-wing.
		The Union for a Popular Movement, initially named the Union for a Presidential Majority, and in both cases also known by its French acronym UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire and Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle, respectively) is a French right-wing, conservative political party.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Union-for-French-Democracy (1412 words)

	French Union. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		It comprised metropolitan France (the 90 departments of continental France and Corsica); French overseas departments, territories, settlements, and United Nations trusteeships; French colonies, which became overseas departments of France; and associate states (protectorates), which became autonomous.
		In 1954, the associate states of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia withdrew from the union, and in 1956 Morocco and Tunisia, also associate states, became independent.
		The French Community replaced the French Union in 1958.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fr/FrenchUn.html (134 words)

	European Union, Properly Construed by Reginald Dale - Policy Review, No. 122 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Thus, French officials still stigmatize Britain as not being “fully European” because of its suspicion of policies that France endorses, such as the euro and the Common Agricultural Policy, and because of its attachments to the rest of the English-speaking world.
		French diplomats bitterly criticized the governments that signed the pro-American statements for failing to consult beforehand through the eu presidency (a step that France has never taken prior to concocting joint eu initiatives with Germany or trying to form a diplomatic troika with Germany and Russia).
		In the mid-nineteenth century, French economists suggested something quite similar to today’s economic and monetary union, and the current European Union is largely the brainchild of the postwar French visionaries Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet.
	www.policyreview.org /dec03/dale.html (7259 words)

	USATODAY.com - Travel - News - French union slams U.S. 'intimidation' of Air France pilots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		French union slams U.S. 'intimidation' of Air France pilots
		PARIS — A French union representing Air France pilots on Monday accused U.S. authorities of "intimidation" after a co-pilot on a New York to Paris flight was arrested for making an apparent joke about a bomb during a security search.
		The SPAC is the second biggest union representing Air France pilots.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2003/08/11-af-reax.htm (508 words)

	EUROPEAN UNION: The French Referendum - Council on Foreign Relations
		The purpose of this position, according to the European Union's website, is to "give the EU a higher profile in the world and a single human face to represent it in international relations." The post is not meant to supplant, but to work with, individual members' foreign ministers.
		A common complaint heard among French voters on the right is that the EU constitution vests too much power in the hands of bureaucrats in Brussels and will create a sort of super-state--or "United States of Europe"--that strips power away from member states.
		One of the biggest fears of French voters is that immigrants, both legal and illegal, will flood their labor market--particularly should Turkey, a country of 70 million, become part of the EU in the coming years.
	www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=8137 (1697 words)

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		French testified credibly Denham responded that French was on supervision's ``hit list,'' but that if French would take off his union vest and button and stop organizing, Denham would get him back on the better side of supervision and get him some overtime.
		French was discharged and given a termination slip that stated that French was not a qualified welder.
		Respondent's argument that union members who apply for work and who write volunteer union organizer or words to that effect on their applications are not bona fide applicants has specifically been considered and rejected by the Board in a prior case involving these same parties.
	www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/319/319-130.txt (14065 words)

	Search Results for french - Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		French possessions in Equatorial Africa from 1897 until 1910, when the colonies of Gabon, Middle Congo (Moyen-Congo), and Ubangi-Shari-Chad were federated under the name Afrique Équatoriale Française...
		French literary academy, established by the French first minister Cardinal de Richelieu in 1634 and incorporated in 1635, and existing, except for an interruption during the era of the French...
		French Guiana has an area of 33,399 square miles (86,504 square km) and is bounded by Brazil to the south and...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=french&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (543 words)

	At French utility, union wages war to guard its perks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		France's attempt to partially privatize and slim down EDF over the objections of unions like the CGT is a test case for one of the biggest challenges facing Continental Europe: whether it can trim its costly welfare states and shed the structural impediments that have clogged its economy.
		The result is a bulging state budget deficit that has breached European Union rules for three years running, and an economy, the world's fifth-largest, that grew at a rate of 2.3 percent last year.
		Analysts at iFRAP, a French think tank that lobbies to overhaul state agencies and companies, have calculated that EDF's personnel costs per employee in France are 2 1/2 times as high as at its U.K. subsidiary, EDF Energy.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05130/501998.stm (1968 words)

	US, Central Intelligence Agency, NIE 63-54, "Consequences Within Indochina of the Fall of Dien Bien Phu," 28 ...
		The consequences of the fall of Dien Bien Phu on the political situation in France, and the repercussions of major decisions in France or Geneva on the situation in Indochina, are excluded from the scope of this estimate.
		Therefore, we estimate that the impact upon the morale of the French Union forces would be severe, but not of such severity as to preclude their employment as an effective military force during the next two or three months.
		French Union forces would retain the capability to launch limited offensive operations before the full onset of the rainy season, either in the Red River delta region or on the coast of Annam.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/pentagon/doc40.htm (1901 words)

	EUROPEAN UNION: The French & Dutch Referendums - Council on Foreign Relations
		French voters soundly rejected the document in a May 29 referendum; Dutch voters followed suit June 1.
		On social models, "there's always the fear that the European Union is a homogenizing force," says Charles A. Kupchan, director of Europe Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
		The purpose of this position, according to the European Union's website, is to "give the EU a higher profile in the world and a single human face to represent it in international relations." The EU foreign minister is meant to work with individual members' foreign ministers, not supplant them.
	www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=8148 (1791 words)

	National Intelligence Estimate-91, "Probable Developments in Indochina through 1954," 4 June 1953
		French ability to air lift troops and equipment, although strained at the present time, provides the French Union with tactical flexibility in planning defensive and offensive operations.
		The French Government has not dared to promise complete national independence at some future date, as demanded by the Vietnamese, because of the fear that the French national assembly would then refuse to support a war in a "lost" portion of the French Union.
		Moreover, the French military leadership has been so dominated by concepts of static defense as to be unable to conduct the planned operations with the vigor necessary for their success.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/pentagon/doc15.htm (4718 words)

	British/French Union 1940 - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		French troops available in NA would have freed more troops for Greece but the result would have been the same.
		A French puppet government with Doriot and Deat would have been a very ugly thing, much like was Vichy by end 43 and early 44 with Darnand as minister of the interior and the "Milice" in charge of counter-insurgency.
		He would have worked hard to re-integrate communists in French politics because he was seeing this move as the only one able to prevent a civil war after the Liberation.
	p069.ezboard.com /falltheworldsbattlecruisersfrm1.showMessageRange?amp;stop=151&topicID=1128.topic&start=150 (4420 words)

	French Union Members Protest Plan to Sell State-Owned Utilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Marc Blondel, head of the Workers Force union, accused the government of "pure ideology," and asked why it sought to privatize the utilities when they were "quite capable as things stand of providing electricity."
		Raffarin is struggling to balance the fulfillment of campaign promises for more spending on the military and public safety with eroded tax revenues and higher costs for unemployment benefits as a result of an economic slowdown.
		Public workers retire earlier than employees of the private sector and receive 75 percent of their last salary as a pension, compared with 50 percent in the private sector.
	personal.ecu.edu /conradtd/pols2010/Fall023234/FALL023234038.htm (462 words)

	Cote d'Ivoire French Union - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		A compromise was finally reached, and the plan for the French Union was written into a new draft constitution, which was adopted by the assembly on September 28, 1946.
		It was approved as the constitution of the Fourth Republic in a referendum held in France and the overseas possessions on October 13, 1946.
		Despite the acceptance of the French Union in Côte d'Ivoire, longstanding economic grievances gave rise to the development of anticolonial sentiment.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/cote_divoire/cote_divoire_history_french_union.html (527 words)

	Pave France - The British Need More Parking
		French Muslims are as poorly served by their leadership as by the French government.
		Rossi deserves any special pleading because she is gay, but the French, who are always moiling in the subtext, could hardly mistake the significance of M. Merle's condemnation, not of a heartless murderess, but of the culture she represents.
		The leader of the main teaching union [la Fédération syndicale unitaire], Gérard Aschieri, condemned what he called a "message of war" in which the government was trying to reactivate remedies from a colonial age.
	www.pavefrance.com (8700 words)

	French Union on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		French and Dutch like what union stands for, but not bureaucracy.
		The French and Dutch referendums have plunged the European Union into the biggest crisis of its history.
		Paris.1988, author Marguerite DURAS at the French Socialist Party headquarters during the French election campaign, behind her is a portrait of President Francois MITTERRAND poster A UNITED (PAR54387)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FrenchU1n.asp (787 words)

	French at Union
		French at Union is an exciting, dynamic program offering a variety of classes to students with a wide range of interests.
		In all of our classes, from Elementary French to the Senior Project, we emphasize the richness of the expressions of the Francophone world.
		With professors specializing in a broad spectrum of French and Francophone literature, women's and gender studies, and performance studies, our classes emphasize the importance of cultural awareness as a key element of twenty-first century life.
	www.union.edu /PUBLIC/MOLNDEPT/French (136 words)

	TechsUnite.org - IT news and Worker resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At the invitation of the French trade union CFDT, CWA San Jose Local 9423 President Louie Rocha will attend a nationwide French union demonstration on Oct. 4 in Paris to protest job cuts by the Hewlett-Packard Company and the historic French department store Samritaine.
		The job cuts are especially galling to French workers because the high-tech industry was seen as a solid career field for the thousands who went back to school to qualify for jobs with HP and other IT companies.
		With the glaring difference in union solidarity displayed so far by French unions, the obvious question is why the U.S.’s 56 major unions have not been able to figure out how to bring their collective leverage to bear on companies.
	www.techsunite.org /news/051003_cwa_tjfp.cfm (635 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| French union cuts politicians' power
		Union militants protesting against plans to privatise part of France's biggest electricity firm, plunged several politicians' homes into darkness and caused power cuts in two major French cities yesterday.
		A spokesman for the CGT union said its members had adopted the strong-arm tactics after ministers refused to discuss the proposed sell-off.
		Traditionally tolerant of the havoc caused by incessant strikes, the French public has drawn the line at tampering with its electricity.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/06/16/wfran16.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/06/16/ixworld.html (224 words)

	[Deathwatch] Henri Krasucki, French Communist Union Leader, 78 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		French Communist Union Leader Krasucki Dies PARIS (Reuters) - Henri Krasucki, a Polish immigrant to France who fought the Nazis, survived the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps and went on to lead the French communist trade union, died on Friday aged 78.
		The Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT), France's biggest trade union which Krasucki led from 1982 to 1992, said he had been suffering from a long illness.
		Captured by the Nazis in 1943 because of his work in the French resistance, which he joined at the age of 15, Krasucki was deported to Buchenwald and Auschwitz but survived to return to France.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2003-January/000363.html (229 words)

	Department of French, Simon Fraser University
		Programs of study include the honors, major and extended minor in French, interdisciplinary joint majors, a post-baccalaureate diploma in French and Education, and a certificate in French language proficiency.
		Before enrolling for the first time in a French course at SFU, most students are required to take a Placement Test.
		The French Student Union is active and organizes activities such as French films, outings in the French community and fêtes.
	www.sfu.ca /french (314 words)

	French ‘Non’ Threatens European Unity - Worldpress.org
		France’s mainstream political parties, the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (U.M.P.) and the opposition Socialist Party (P.S.), are both officially in favor of the new constitution.
		In a sign of panic, the French government tried in late March to buy a “yes” vote in the referendum on the European Union constitution by offering inflation-linked wage increases to roughly five million public employees.
		The French press derided the format of the two-hour television program: it was stage-managed by Chirac’s daughter and hosted by talk-show celebrities rather than political journalists (with the exception of TF1’s Patrick Poivre d’Arvor).
	www.worldpress.org /Europe/2068.cfm (1104 words)

	French Consulate demands respect - The Washington Times: World - July 20, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		NEW YORK — In a sign that relations between Washington and Paris remain a bit testy, a notice on the front door of the French Consulate in New York warns Americans applying for a visa to check their attitude before entering.
		French Foreign Ministry officials did not reply when asked for an explanation, making it impossible to determine when the notice first appeared.
		Sharon's remarks, in which he said France was host to "the wildest anti-Semitism," provoked a torrent of outrage yesterday, including remarks from the office of French President Jacques Chirac.
	www.washingtontimes.com /world/20040719-112736-8836r.htm (468 words)

	CNN.com - French hauliers' union urges end to blockade - September 8, 2000
		The FTNR decision followed a meeting of the union's members to discuss concessions on fuel tax offered by the French Transport Ministry during marathon overnight talks.
		Meanwhile, taxi drivers -- who joined the protest along with farmers and ambulance drivers -- were given the go-ahead to raise their fares by 4.5 percent to cover the rising cost of fuel.
		Following the lead of their French counterparts, 250 British farmers and truck drivers blockaded the entrance to a Shell oil refinery in north-west England early on Friday in a demonstration over the high cost of fuel.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/france/09/08/france.fuelprotest03 (969 words)

	San Francisco French Restaurant near Union Square - The Grand Cafe
		Entering the Grand Cafe's dining room conjures up an unmistakable sense of arrival and transports you to a different place and time when circles of art and culture intersected with the generous spirit of comfort and good company.
		The adjoining Petit Cafe with a lamp–lit cherry–wood bar, wood burning oven and original pen and ink drawings along the walls, provides the perfect backdrop for a casual meal or cocktail, before or after the theater.
		A contemporary French restaurant featuring cuisine influenced by wonderful local ingredients—featuring fresh seafood, roasted meats and theatrical desserts.
	www.monaco-sf.com /html/dining.htm (329 words)

	French Union of Conkers - Abjat-sur-Bandiat - dordogne (24)
		French Union of Conkers - Abjat-sur-Bandiat - dordogne (24)
		According to the words of the President of our Union: " year 2004 will be the year of the French exploit in England ", then let us meditate little on these words and let us be going to conquer England as Guillaume the Conqueror did it for the time.
		Mr Stewart told BBC News Online that it had been a "fantastic day", and that he would not have won without practising with his daughter, Jacqueline, seven, who was in the junior event.
	www.ffconkers.org /champmondez.htm (472 words)

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