FRENCH PRIME MINISTER JOSPIN VISITS THE BEACH OF PLOEMMEUR POLLUTED BY SUNKEN TANKER ERIKA IN THE SEA SOUTH OF BRITTANY COAST.


French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin (C) tours July 8 the beach of Ploemmeur polluted by the Maltese-flagged tanker Erika which sunk last December 12 creating oil slick on France's western seaboard. Jospin promised the victims would receive 100 percent compensation for the losses sustained.