FRANCE: Testing times await new finance minister

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  • An unconventional minister
  • Ministry challenges
  • Economic and budget constraints
  • Public-sector wages
  • Inflation
  • Stability and Growth Pact
  • Partial privatisations
  • Growth and employment
  • Political fall-out
  • Chirac v. Sarkozy
  • Sleaze factor
  • European fears

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