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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.

Benoît Hamon in 2009
13/05/2012 - France

Socialist Party spokesman Hamon slams Merkel over austerity policy

French Socialist Party spokesman Benoit Hamon sharply criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a televised interview on Sunday saying she must understand that she alone cannot decide the fate ...

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.

18/04/2012 - Analysis: French presidential election 2012

Far-right's Le Pen makes last bid for disillusioned Sarkozy voters

Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Tuesday made a last pitch to win back voters who deserted her Front National for incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007.

10/04/2012 - Analysis: French presidential elections 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy – love him or hate him? The referendum election

No one would dispute that Nicolas Sarkozy has stamped his considerable personality on the French presidency in a way few other presidents have.

01/04/2012

European press review

In Syria former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has brokered a plan to stop the fighting - but will it work? Spanish unions call a general strike. Ireland prepares to vote on another ...

Sarkozy speaks at massive rally in Villepinte north of Paris
11/03/2012 - France

Sarkozy wants Buy European Act within 12 months if re-elected

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will unilaterally introduce a "Buy European Act" based on the US “Buy American Act’ that obliges the state to use ...

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 ...

US fears about Eurozone contagion
02/03/2012 - World news explained

US fears about Eurozone contagion

As EU leaders gathered in Brussels for a European summit, prospects for a sustained global economic recovery were still overshadowed by the Greek debt crisis.

How will Greece's latest economic package work?
22/02/2012 - World news explained

How will Greece's latest economic package work?

European stockmarkets fell Tuesday and the euro weakened, reversing early gains, as enthusiasm over another massive eurozone bailout for Greece faded following concerns that more will need to be ...

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