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Pensions, political sleaze scandals, Roma…as expected, a turbulent back-to-work September lies in store for the French government, heralds Libération, headlining its coverage of mounting protest with “Temperature rising”. “Rampant social unrest,”reports the Parisian daily. “Just back from vacation, the French are called upon to rally tomorrow [Tuesday 7 September] against the pension reform plan […] spearheaded by a cabinet member [labour minister Eric Woerthsuspected of a conflict of interests in the Bettencourt affair] who is dangling by a thread, amid a climate of general defiance.”On Saturday, 4 September, several thousands had already marched through Paris against the government’s “xenophobic” policies, particularly regarding the move to expel Roma from France.
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