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26/03/2013

French press review 26 March 2013

The Cyprus bank bailout is still making front page news.

 Cypriots still face economic difficulties in worst crisis since 1974
26/03/2013 - World news explained

Cypriots still face economic difficulties in worst crisis since 1974

In the wake of a eurozone bailout that imposes strict capital controls, the people of Cyprus face shortages of food and medicine in the coming weeks and businesses are still struggling with a lack ...

25/03/2013

French press review 25 March 2013

Cyprus, Germany and the future leadership of France's Employers Federation, all feature prominently in the French newspapers today...

Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades is in Brussels for last-minute emergency talks to secure a crucial bailout.
24/03/2013 - Cyprus - European Union - France

Crunch time for Cyprus ahead of crucial bailout deadline

European finance ministers, including France’s Pierre Moscovici, are set for a long night of talks in Brussels as Cyprus tries to negotiate a last-minute deal to avoid bankruptcy and exit ...

24/03/2013 - France

Work on the economy instead, anti- gay marriage protesters tell Hollande

Tens of thousands of people opposed to same-sex marriage have marched through Paris in a last-ditched attempt to prevent the bill becoming law, calling on President François Hollande to ...

23/03/2013 - France - Cyprus

Four in 10 French not opposed to bank savings tax

A survey has found four out of 10 French people believe a tax on bank deposits “could be put in place” if the economic situation in France worsens.

21/03/2013

French press review 21 March 2013

Racism in France and how it compares to other countries and are the dark days for President Hollande's Socialist Party set to continue? That's all in the French papers today.

Cyprus in crisis
21/03/2013 - World news explained

Cyprus in crisis

Politicians in Cyprus who rejected the terms of a European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund financial rescue plan were trying to draw up a Plan B on ...

20/03/2013 - France

French police raid IMF chief Lagarde's Paris home

French police on Wednesday searched the Paris home of IMF chief Christine Lagarde in an ongoing inquiry into charges that businessman and former politician Bernard Tapie received favourable ...

20/03/2013 - Cyprus - European Union - France

France dubs Cyprus savings tax mistake

The French government on Wednesday declared the European Union’s Cyprus bailout a “mistake”, at least in the form that the Cypriot government presented to its people.

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