PARIS: Sarkozy stands firm as pension protests escalate. “More than 3 million demonstrators – one in 20 of all French people – marched yesterday against the President’s plans to raise the standard retirement age from 60 to 62. Tens of thousands of students joined the marches for the first time, threatening to radicalise the protests and broaden them into a rebellion against a deeply unpopular presidency.”

Miserable parasites — protesting against a raise in the retirement age to 62? Grow up.