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Paul Myers with RFI

French PM vows to reopen pension reform talks amid growing debt crisis

France's Prime Minister, François Bayrou, outlined his government's ambitions in front of the Assemblée nationale. AFP - THOMAS SAMSON

French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday vowed to reopen talks on reforming pensions as he conceded the country's spiralling debt problems would preoccupy government planning over the coming parliamentary sessions.

During a 90-minute address to the National Assembly, Bayrou said: "I have decided to put the pensions issue back on the table, with the social partners, for a short time and under transparent conditions."

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