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French President Nicolas Sarkozy
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaking a day after nationwide protests over pension reforms, said he would not back down on plans to raise the retirement age.
In a statement issued on Wednesday before trade unions meet to decide on possible further protests, Sarkozy said he was asking his government to make some amendments in the pension reform bill but not on the rise in minimum pensionable age.
"There is no question of going back on this," Sarkozy said in the statement, adding that he would ask ministers to prepare other amendments to better cater to people who started working very young or in extremely arduous jobs.
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