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                        Reports of France’s death are greatly exaggeratedColumnist Nick Inman takes issue with the naysayers 
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                        'The French pension system is becoming unsustainable’Think tank director Agnès Verdier-Molinié says that raising the retirement age further is in the interest of retirees 
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                        Erotic ‘bonkbusters’ do not exist in France - but they shouldColumnist Sarah Henshaw argues the country would do well to embrace Jilly Cooper's oeuvre 
No say on circus ban for maires
Re: circuses using live wild animals being banned by certain towns ( June issue).
Having recently tried in Callac, the mairie informed me that although several maires throughout France had done so, the circus organisers had taken the matter to the tribunal and the court had upheld their complaint, taking away the maires right to impose a ban.
Is this democracy at work?
Jean Ashcroft, by email
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