1998 in France

1997 in France - 1998 - 1999 in France

The year 1998 will have been marked in France by the Mouvement of the unemployed and the world cup of Football.

In front of the extent of the movement of the unemployed, Lionel Jospin grants a premium of 1.000 francs. Associations of unemployed persons are however not satisfied and the movement continues until June with the occupation of the ANPE and the offices of the Assedic. The unemployed continue to claim a revaluation of the social minimums. Association AC! request thus so that the RMI either carried to the height of the SMIC (or approximately 5.000 francs monthly against 2.500 francs in 1998). Finally, the government puts an end to the occupations by repression: the occupied offices are gradually done everything to evacuate by the police force.

Associations of unemployed persons also manage to channel the movement with the claim of the lowering of the duration of the work at 35 hours weekly. The 35 hours law, envisaged in the program of Lionel Jospin, is voted by the National Assembly during the year. The movement of the unemployed obviously facilitated the adoption of this law. Measurement is however discussed because it is also accompanied by the annualisation of the working time. In practice, it slows down also the wage increase.

January 7th: The film expensive of the history of the Cinema, Titanic (more than 200 million dollars of budget) appears on the French screens three weeks after its American exit.
January 25th: Bounce in the Elf business, blaming the president of the Constitutional council Roland Dumas.
January 28th: Inauguration of the Stade de France to Saint-Denis.
February 2nd: Dismantling of the breeder reactor Super-Phenix announces.
February 6th:

Assassination of the Corsica Prefect of , Claude Erignac.
Died of Haroun Tazieff, geologist and vulcanologist, at the 84 years age.

February 10th: Adoption of the bill on the Working week 35 hours.
April 20th: Agreement in New Caledonia for an evolution towards independence.
April 22nd: A law on the environment imposes 50% of Recyclage among the modes of treatment of the Déchets and the progressive installation of the Recycling from here 2002.
May 5th: Signature of the Agreements of Noumea
May 11th:

First automatic mini-market in France.
Vote of the law Chevènement on the foreigners.

May 23rd: 40.000 people ravel with Paris to claim a commemoration of the Esclavage and its abolition.
June 3rd: Creation of association altermondialist Attac France.

June 9th: Opening ceremony of the World 98.
June 13rd:

the law over the 35 hours of Martine Aubry, Minister for Employment and Solidarity, is adopted.
the French navigator Eric Tabarly, 66 years, falls from his boat and disappears in Irish Sea in the night from June 12th to 13rd.

June 14th Died of Ginette Mathiot, author of famous the " I know cuisiner" and Officer of the Legion of Honor
June 21st: Aggression of the gendarme Daniel Nivel in Lens by Hooligan
July 6th: The joined together congress with Versailles approves the agreements on the New Caledonia.
July 12th: The France beats the Brésil at the time of the finale of the 16th football world cup 3 goals with 0. France is world champion of Football for the first time. Popular jubilation. The Tour de France and delayed by the Football world cup which was organized in France. It is gained by Marco Pantani.
July 29th: Law of orientation relating to the fight against exclusions
October 9th: The line, more in the hemicycle, pushes back the bill of the government on the Civil pact of solidarity (PACS), which amongst other things recognizes a right of union to the homosexual ones.
October 15th: Inauguration of the line 14 Parisian subway.
data-processing November, : the Prime Minister lance a campaign of mobilization and Communication on Y2K.
November 8th: Approval by French referendum of the Agreements of Noumea (72 %), envisaging the emancipation of the territory.
December 13rd: District of Mirail in Toulouse Suburbs : 10 nights beginning of low registers Urban violences with “degree 8” on the scale of urban violences of the Police force, and making following a “police Bur” costing the life a 17 year old young person, “Pipo”.
December 15th: The French parliamentary mission on the genocide with the Rwanda concludes that France “does not have, in any manner, encouraged, encouraged, helped or supported those which orchestrated the genocide”.
December 22nd: Return to a state of calm in the district of Mirail after 10 nights of Urban violences.

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1997 in France
1998 in the world
1999 in France
Years 1990 in France
Chronology of France under Ve République
French history
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