Economic crisis

30/03/2013

French press review 30 March 2013

President François Hollande’s keynote television ...

29/03/2013 - France

Greeetings card workers kidnap bosses over layoff pay

Bossnapping is back in France.

29/03/2013 - Analysis: France

Hollande enrages enemies, disappoints supporters in key TV interview

President François Hollande’s attempt to revive his flagging popularity in a long TV interview does not seem to have succeeded.

29/03/2013

French press review 29 March 2013

The French Press is dominated by President François Hollande’s attempt to to rally public support with a carefully staged interview on prime-time French television.

29/03/2013 - World news explained

Cyprus banks reopen but withdrawal limits stay

Banks in Cyprus reopened Thursday after being closed for a week in an attempt to prevent a bank-run. Depositors with accounts over 100,000 euros face a wealth tax imposed to raise money to ...

28/03/2013

French press review 28 March 2013

Since at least the start of the financial crisis, a favourite topic of complaint here in France has been the whinge about declining purchasing power.

28/03/2013 - On-the-spot France

Franchise Expo in Paris attracts punters amid economic gloom

This week's unemployment figures highlight the fact that many big and small companies in France are struggling in the current difficult economic situation. RFI went to a Franchise Expo here ...

27/03/2013 - France

French unemployment nears record levels

Unemployment in France came even closer to an all-time record on February, hitting 3,187,700, just a few thousand lower than 1997’s 3,195,000.

27/03/2013

French press review 27 March 2013

Both right-wing Le Figaro and left-leaning Libération give pride of place, if that's the appropriate expression, to unemployment.

26/03/2013

French press review 26 March 2013

The Cyprus bank bailout is still making front page news.