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08/04/2012

European press review

Myanmar's by-elections for just a tiny fraction of the seats in parliament makes news around the world. The UK government is accused of e-snooping.

05/03/2012 - France - Europe

French presidential hopeful François Hollande shrugs off reports of EU leaders’ boycott

France’s Socialist party has opted for a two pronged approach in its reaction to reports in the German magazine Der Spiegel that European leaders had made a pact to refuse meetings ...

04/03/2012 - France - European Union

French Socialists slam European leaders' 'boycott' of presidential candidate Hollande

France’s Socialists are furious over a reported “boycott” of presidential candidate François Hollande by the leaders of Germany, Britain, Spain and Italy.

29/02/2012 - France

French Socialist Hollande meets Miliband on London visit ... but not Cameron

French Socialist presidential candidate François Hollande arrived in London Wednesday for a brief visit where he had lunch with Labour leader Ed Miliband

18/02/2012

French press review 18 February 2012

The worsening situation in Syria, how French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron 'kissed and made-up' and French fears over the introduction of new identity cards ...

17/02/2012 - France - United Kingdom

Cameron meets Sarkozy to sign France-Britain nuclear deal

Britain and France are to sign a civil nuclear energy deal on Friday, as UK Prime Minister David Cameron meets President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris.

09/01/2012 - France - Germany

Sarkozy and Merkel hold key meeting amid divisions over Tobin tax

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts the first major meeting of the year on the euro as differences emerge over how to tackle the economic crisis and a series of disappointing economic data ...

08/01/2012 - France - UK - European Union

Sarkozy to meet Merkel as Cameron threatens veto of EU-wide Robin Hood tax

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday that he would veto any attempt to slap a Europe-wide tax on financial transactions.

19/12/2011 - Eurozone

Race against clock for EU-IMF-bailout deadline

European finance ministers are racing against the clock to meet a midnight deadline Monday to raise 200 billion euros for new eurozone bailout funding and deliver the cash pledges to the ...

18/12/2011 - Analysis: France - United Kingdom

France-Britain spat - a new lurch to nationalism in Europe?

As France awaits humiliation at the hands of the credit-ratings agencies, a spat between British and French ministers has seen tongues sharpened and axes ground.

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