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23/05/2012 - France

Google in court over automatic search identifying Jewish celebrities

Google has been ordered to go to mediation over complaints in France that its search engine automatically associates the word “Jew” with the names of certain well-known people.

19/05/2012 - United States

Eurozone crisis central to G8 talks

Leaders of the G8 are meeting today at Camp David in the United States. The eurozone economic crisis is top of the agenda.

18/05/2012 - Analysis: France's new president

How will Obama and Hollande get along at G8, Nato summits?

France’s new President François Hollande can expect a qualified welcome from Barack Obama when he arrives at the G8 summit at Camp David on Friday.

17/05/2012 - France's new president

New French government takes pay cut , fights for growth in Europe

France’s new, Socialist government held its first meeting Thursday with a pay cut for the president and ministers the first item on the agenda.

16/05/2012 - Germany - Eurozone

Austerity advocate Merkel gets 750-euro pay rise

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe’s chief advocate of austerity, is soon to pocket an extra 930 euros a month, bringing her salary to 17,016 euros a month.

16/05/2012 - France's new president

Hollande, Merkel fail to stop market slide as Greece faces new election

European stock markets were down Wednesday and the euro fell to its lowest level for four months, despite new French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ...

10/05/2012 - Analysis: France's new president

Hollande to meet Merkel hours after swearing-in to discuss eurozone debt crisis

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 ...

Chefe da coalização de esquerda grega, Alexis Tsipras.
09/05/2012 - France - Greece - European Union

Greek election result extremely worrying, says French FM Juppé

Greek voters rejection of pro-bailout parties is “extremely worrying”, Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppé said Wednesday.

08/05/2012 - Analysis: France's new president

Can the US work with François Hollande?

The White House on Monday said that relations with France will be unaffected by the election of Socialist François Hollande as French president.

08/05/2012 - Analysis: France's new president

When France's Hollande talks growth is Europe listening?

Just two days after the election of Socialist François Hollande to the French presidency on a pro-growth policy there are signs of change sweeping through the European Union.

07/05/2012 - France - Germany

Goodbye Merkozy - Will new French president François Hollande get along with Angela Merkel?

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.

06/05/2012 - Analysis: French presidential election campaign 2012

Why did Sarkozy lose the French presidential election?

Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday failed to win reelection as president of France.

03/05/2012 - Analysis: French presidential election 2012

Has Marine Le Pen made France's Front National respectable?

When the votes were counted after the French presidential election’s first round all of Europe was shocked.

03/05/2012 - Analysis: French presidential election 2012

Who's the liar? French presidential candidates fall out over immigration, unemployment and Berlusconi

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday judged his Socialist rival François Hollande “tough” but “respectful” in Wednesday evening’s televised election ...

20/04/2012 - Analysis: French presidential election

Bash the rich - French presidential candidates' vote-winning big idea

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 ...

20/04/2012 - French presidential election 2012 - Sarkozy interview

Sarkozy predicts surprise in French presidential first round

The first round of France’s presidential election on Sunday has some surprises in store, incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy told RFI Thursday.

19/04/2012 - Analysis: French presidential election 2012

Why is François Hollande so boring?

He looks like an unassertive provincial schoolteacher, he’s been nicknamed “the marshmallow” and he claims to be Mr Ordinary.

18/04/2012 - France - Senegal

Sarkozy and Sall sign defence and aid deals for Senegal

France has signed defence and aid deals with Senegal’s newly elected President Macky Sall, who visited Paris on Wednesday.

17/04/2012 - France - Eurozone

IMF ups France, eurozone growth predictions

France’s economic growth will be better than expected this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but presidential candidates are unjustifiably optimistic

17/04/2012 - France

Motorists queue to steal 3,000 litres of petrol

Motorists filled up with 3,000 litres of free petrol at a French supermarket service station on Saturday night.

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