Germany’s Chancellor Merkel and France’s President Sarkozy hold their first eurozone crisis talks of 2012 as the outlook remains bleak.

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Euro crisis: Merkel meets Sarkozy

France’s opposition attacks President Sarkozy for signing off a reform raising the minimum retirement age by two years.

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Anger as French pension age rises

A further 300 Roma settlers have been deported from France in President Sarkozy’s continued crackdown on the community.

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France continues Roma expulsion