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06/05/2013 - Analysis: France

Why is François Hollande so unpopular in France?

Only 15 per cent of French people have a positive view of François Hollande’s first year as French president, according to the latest opinion polls

23/04/2013 - France

French parliament adopts gay marriage law

The French parliament voted in favour of same-sex marriage and adoption on Tuesday after a grassroots campaign against the bill which mobilised hundreds of thousands, a spike in hate crimes ...

11/04/2013 - France

Opposition to asset declaration grows among French MPs as Cahuzac tax scandal rumbles

Many French MPs are outraged that they would be forced to declare their assets publicly, under proposals announced by President Hollande yesterday, amid the crisis which erupted when ...

26/03/2013 - France

'We need to talk' say organisers of France's first Festival of Conversation

In an age when so many of us communicate on social networks, by text or by email, a group of French people worried that the habit of conversation is dying, have organised a Festival of ...

25/03/2013 - France

Why are opponents of gay marriage in France so fired up?

It’s impossible to say how many people demonstrated in Paris on Sunday, the gap between the figures is risibly large: 1 million 400,000 according to the organisers, 300,000 in total, say the ...

22/01/2013 - Analysis: France - Germany

No cuddly teddy bears but Hollande and Merkel together 50 years after Franco-German Elysée treaty

François Hollande did not phone Angela Merkel to tell her that France would be dropping bombs in Mali on the night of 11 January, say his advisors.

 

18/12/2012 - France

No to euthanasia in France, says report

A report commissioned by French president François Hollande, to be made public on Tuesday, will recommend that euthanasia remain illegal in France, while leaving the door open to assisted ...

17/12/2012 - France - Belgium

Depardieu seeks Belgian Green Card as tax row rages

Outside France, he is best known for the film “Green card”, in which he tries to cheat the system to obtain American citizenship.

27/11/2012 - France

Split on French right widens as Fillon forms own parliamentary group

François Fillon announced on Tuesday the creation of a new parliamentary group, made up of his supporters, in his latest move in the vicious ongoing battle with Jean-François ...

22/11/2012 - France

Crisis in Sarkozy's UMP deepens: Copé rejects mediation, claims proof of pro-Fillon fraud

Jean-François Copé, narrowly declared president of the opposition UMP after a chaotic election, on Thursday rejected a demand from opponent François Fillon to hand over charge ...

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