With a month to go until its official opening on 22 June, workers are adding the finishing touches to the biggest Buddhist Temple in Europe, situated in a special eco-friendly zone, just outside ...
France's new president François Hollande will fly to Berlin within hours of his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday for a working dinner with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and talks on the ...
European leaders are adjusting to the idea that France now has a new Socialist President, who hopes to pull the continent in a more anti-austerity direction.
With three days to go before Sunday’s final round vote in France’s presidential elections, Nicolas Sarkozy hopes his passionate address to a huge crowd in front of the Eiffel Tower on ...
Socialist candidate François Hollande used the occasion of International Workers Day on Tuesday 1 May to praise the trade union movement and celebrate his Socialist party’s record on ...
Far right Front National leader Marine Le Pen has strongly suggested that those who voted for her in the first round of the Presidential elections should vote “blanc” ...
23/04/2012
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Analysis: French presidential election 2012
Despite being the first sitting French president ever to take only second place in the first round of the elections, Nicolas Sarkozy appeared more combative and determined than ever when he made ...
20/04/2012
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Analysis: French presidential election
In this year’s presidential campaigns there have been mini-issues which have hogged the headlines for a few days, (halal meat, the driving licence), ideas which didn’t fly (a Merkozy ...
