Former French Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy has died.<br /><br />Serving under President Mitterand from 1981 to 1984, he oversaw a string of reforms including giving workers more holidays and lowering the retirement age. <br /><br />He was admitted to hospital in Paris last weekend, a year after surgery for a tumour. <br /><br />Pierre Mauroy was 84.<br />http://www.euronews.net/
