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Malawi devaluation expected ahead of IMF deal
02/05/2012 - African news explained

Malawi devaluation expected ahead of IMF deal

Malawi's President Joyce Banda, who took office at the start of April, has described the country's economy as a total mess.

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

20/02/2012 - France

French Finance Minister Baroin optimistic over EU Greek bailout deal

French Finance Minister François Baroin says European Union ministers have all the elements in place for the approval of a second financial rescue package for Greece on Tuesday.

France's Budget Minister Valérie Pécresse at the Elysée Palace on 19 January 2011
08/02/2012 - France

France's budget deficit falls as Bank of France forecasts zero growth

France’s budget ministry announced on Wednesday that the central budget deficit had fallen at the end of 2011, and was hailed as a sign that the country was making financial progress.

Last edition of financial daily La Tribune
30/01/2012 - France

French financial daily La Tribune publishes last edition

After 27 years, French financial newpaper, La Tribune, published its last daily edition on Monday following in the footsteps of national newpaper France Soir which closed its ...

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.

Getting multinationals to pay their taxes
01/01/2012 - African news explained

Getting multinationals to pay their taxes

Throughout the continent of Africa, countries continue to lose revenue to multinational companies who use loopholes to dodge paying taxes.

21/12/2011

French press review 21 December 2011

Turkey and France at loggerheads over whether there was genocide in Armenia. The euro stability fund may be threatened by France's precarious triple-A rating.

27/11/2011

French weekly magazines review

The electoral accord on nuclear energy policy signed by the Socialists and Greens (Europe Ecologie Les Verts), comes under intense scrutiny in this week’s magazines.

24/11/2011

French press review 24 November 2011

The Green Party presidential candidate, Eva Joly, is all over the place this morning. Is the European economy sinking even deeper into trouble?

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