President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted, in the face of broad strikes by civil servants and transit workers Tuesday, that France needs reform, saying "we will not surrender and we will not retreat."
Adopting a defiant tone, Sarkozy said French voters gave him a mandate to carry out economic reforms when they elected him in May. He urged strikers to return to work.
"France needs reforms to meet the challenges imposed on it by the world," he said in a speech to a congress of mayors. "I will not betray the trust of those who elected me."
Sarkozy previously had remained uncharacteristically silent about the …
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