France Plans Cuts but ‘Rejects’ Idea of Austerity

PARIS — France is preparing new measures to fill a 2012 budget shortfall, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said Monday, but he insisted that austerity was not in the cards for the Socialist government. - France Plans Cuts but 'Rejects' Idea of Austerity - nytimes
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