Tax on the wealthy struck down in FranceAcknowledging that countries such as Germany and the Scandinavian states had survived the economic c {keyword} risis "better than us", he added: "France must be more open to risk-taking, social and economic innovation and the creation of enterprises as much as artistic creation."Commenting in Le Monde's rival, Le Figaro, the liberal economist Nicolas Baverez said the French economy posed "the biggest risk" to the eurozone in 2013. "The big choice that will emerge in 2013 is clear," he said. "Voluntary reform . . . or reform forced under pressure from the financial markets, the International Monetary Fund, the EU and Germany."Public scepticism about the government has deepened recently. It has run into opposition to its policy of heavily taxing the rich, pitching it into a public spat with popular actor Gérard Depardieu; it split its own supporters when it first threatened to nationalise an ArcelorMittal steel plant threatened with closure, then reached a compromise deal with the company.Approval ratings for Mr Hollande and Mr Ayrault have slumped since September to about 35 per cent, with one recently putting Mr Ayrault as low as 30 per cent.With media criticism mounting, Mr Hollande was forced on Thursday to show his public backing for the prime minister. Citing Mr Ayrault's "seriousness, devotion and loyalty", he said: "I reaffirm my confidence in him."In his "programme of work" for the government, Mr Ayrault set out a broad range of policy initiatives, most already under way, covering the public finances, labour market reforms, industrial compet {keyword} itiveness, education and housing -- all with the priority of reversing the rise in unemployment, which has surged above 10 per cent of the workforce, by the end of the year.He promised {keyword} long-awaited details on how the government will fulfil its pledge to cut France's huge public spending bill by the spring -- it has committed to €60bn in savings over five years. He said public spending had "lost its effectiveness", rising from 52 to 56 per cent of national output in the past five years "without our quality of life progressing".But so far the government has said only that it will cut out inefficiencies and has not yet spelt out reforms of its big welfare programmes demanded by its critics.Likewise, Mr Ayrault said there would be "ambitious" reforms of France's rigid labour market regulation by the end of the first quarter that would "open up to companies the ability to adapt which they need and offer workers the necessary security".But he made it clear that business, currently negotiating with trade unions on the issue, would be expected to make concessions in exchange for the increased flexibility it is seeking in hiring and firing conditions, wage-setting and working time.Any legislation would include worker representation on company boards, limits on "certain remuneration behaviour" and protection against hostile takeovers, Mr Ayrault said. The Financial Times Limited 2013

Tom Cruise stars as Jason Bourne...err, I mean James Bond...strike that, Jack Reacher, in anaction movie with the same name.For {keyword} those who don't know the title character, Jack Reacher is the protagonist in a series ofbooks by British scribe Lee Chi {keyword} ld. Tom Cruise brings his dynamic acting chops t {keyword} o the role, and hemight need it, as Jack Reacher is a big character that belies Cruise's bantamweight frame.While Cruise plays the part well, he was short-changed by a script that is a fairlyrun-of-the-mill thriller, ."His acting is easily dismissed when not experienced in a while. Yet it automatically gives acertain lift to a routine thriller," LaSalle said. Treading on familiar ground, Judd Apatow's This Is 40 follows the formula that made The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up  smash hits. Unfortunately for Apatow, the embarrassing autobiographical comedyschtick might be wearing a little thin.Starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann as the same characters they played in Knocked Up, This Is 40 sees the characters entering middle age.While great comic performances and funny tangents populate the movie, the elements don't succeedlike previous Apatow outings, according to Dispatch critic Melissa Starker."...As a whole, Apatow’s latest has a messiness more lackadaisical than organic, and it’suncomfortable in a way that can be irritating, even troubling," Starker said in her review.She . More Reviews 

Nationals scouting Javier Vazquez
The Nationals have made bulking up their starting pitching depth a priority this winter, and last week their search led them to send a top scout to evaluate veteran right-hander Javier Monc Moncler on sale ler for sale e Nationals have one of the strongest rotations in baseball, comprised of Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, Jordan Zimmermann, Ross Detwiler and Dan Haren. But they want to add a pitcher at the Class AAA level as insurance should they suffer an injury in their rotation.

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