French system
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In the French system, today’s workers pay the pensions of current retirees.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023
But the uncertainties of the 12-19 June parliamentary election raise a question mark over the length of Ms Borne's tenure, and under the French system the president's powers considerably outweigh the prime minister's.
From BBC • May 17, 2022
Of course in the French system having a multiplicity of candidates on the left or right is not necessarily a handicap.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2022
The French system, meanwhile, is already covering 8 million people — a third of the country’s private sector workers.
From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2020
The French system of intensive cultivation as practised on hot beds of manure round Paris is practically unknown at present.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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