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Leila Abboud
@labboudles
I write about France for the Financial Times. Ex-Bloomberg, Reuters, WSJ
Paris, FranceJoined February 2011
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Some professional news for la rentrée: Following in the footsteps of the excellent
@VJMallet
, I'm the new Paris bureau chief for the Financial Times! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 Get in touch via DM with excellent story ideas, helpful advice, or harsh criticism
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LVMH is basically a bulldozer wearing high heels and sipping on Hennessey — market cap is nearly 400bln euro right now. That’s almost double the size it was in 2019 before the pandemic
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Nothing to see here? Macron is provoking protests with an unpopular pensions reform to up retirement age from 60 to 64/65. Meanwhile far-right leader Marine Le Pen and RN party boss Jordan Bardella are quietly climbing to historic levels of popularity
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SONDAGE EXCLUSIF - La popularité de Marine Le Pen et Jordan Bardella en hausse
L'annonce prochaine de la réforme des retraites ainsi qu'une rentrée sociale agitée semblent profiter à la cheffe de file des députés RN ainsi qu'à son successeur à la tête de parti, Jordan Bardella.
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Men on average leave the workforce at age 60.4, among the lowest in the OECD. The system is in surplus now but deficits loom as the number of workers per retiree falls from 2.1 in 2000 to 1.7 in 2020 and a projected 1.2 by 2070. 2/3
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