PARIS (AP) — French former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, who gave France its 35-hour work week and then withdrew from politics after leading France’s Socialist Party to an earth-shaking presidential ...

Lionel Jospin, French prime minister between 1997 and 2002, has died at the age of 88, his Socialist Party (PS) announced on ...

Jospin was head of government from 1997 to 2002 and is credited with bringing in the 35-hour working week.

By Sam Tabahriti March 23 (Reuters) - At 8 p.m. on April 21, 2002, voters learned the shock first-round results of France’s ...

As prime minister beginning in 1997, he introduced a national 35-hour workweek and oversaw the replacement of the franc with ...

Former French prime minister Lionel Jospin, a Socialist reformer who introduced the 35-hour working week and civil ...

Former French Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin has died at the age of 88. In addition to his achievements as head of ...

(Changes media identifier) PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) - Former French Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin died at age 88, ...

Jospin proved the canary in the coal mine for the far-right rise in France. He was the first center-left presidential ...

PARIS — Lionel Jospin, a Socialist prime minister under center-right French President Jacques Chirac, has died at age 88, his family told AFP.

Lionel Jospin, the Socialist prime minister of France from 1997 to 2002, has died at age 88. He headed the government in a so-called cohabitation with rightwing president Jacques Chirac, a rare ...

Lionel Jospin, the former French prime minister and Socialist leader, has died at 88, his family announced today.