France EU Min: Growth Could Be Higher Than 1% Next Year
The French economy likely will grow more next year than the government has forecast, European Affairs Minister Jean Leonetti Minister said Tuesday.
Deal on EU rescue fund nears completion
EFFORTS to put together the so-called bazooka to ringfence the euro and its vulnerable member states from the markets were inching their way towards a conclusion last night, but the final deal will have to wait until the EU leaders return to Brussels on Wednesday.
09/25/2011
— Filed under: Finance
Tags: France, market, speculations
France Rejects Suggestion It Hasn’t Applied EU Bonus Rules
France denied suggestions it has failed to apply European Union rules limiting banker bonuses, saying payouts at the investment banks owned by major French lenders fell in 2010.
04/26/2011
— Filed under: Politics
Tags: European Union, France
Sarkozy: France needs no excuse to defend EU farm policy
Delivering a speech to the French agricultural community yesterday (18 January), French President Nicolas Sarkozy said debate on reform of EU farm policy for the post-2013 era and bailouts of financially troubled EU countries were linked. EurActiv.fr reports.
01/7/2011
— Filed under: Politics
Tags: farm policy, France, Sarkozy
French politicians facing the heat of health scandal
Of what has been called the worst health scandal in the history of France, both the left and the right leaders are facing the heat, equally. The issue comes out just before the publication of an official report on the scandal which if true is going to force both the sides into legal recriminations.
12/15/2010
— Filed under: Politics
Tags: France, health scandal
France industrial output growth eases to 14-month low
The French manufacturing sector saw a slowdown in output growth during October. However, a sharper rise in new orders and stabilization of employment provided reassurance that the upturn remains robust. The headline Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) — a seasonally adjusted index designed to measure the performance of the manufacturing economy — slipped slightly to 55,2 from 56,0 in September.
10/27/2010
— Filed under: Business
Tags: France, industrial output
France hopes to build Libyan nuclear power station
France hopes to sell a nuclear power station to Libya and gain access to its massive oil reserves after the signing of a strategic partnership between the two countries on Thursday.
10/22/2010
— Filed under: Business
Tags: France, Libyan, nuclear power station
France backs NATO missile defense system: source
France supports a NATO-wide missile defense system and is willing to help fund it, a source in the French president’s office said on Friday, dispelling earlier talk that the country was skeptical.
France opposes further EU visa liberalisation talks
Following France’s controversial expulsions of illegal Roma migrants, most of whom were EU nationals of Romanian and Bulgarian origin, Paris has signalled its opposition to lifting visa requirements for Bosnian and Albanian citizens. EurActiv.fr contributed to this article.
Gypsy circus is next on France’s expulsion list
With its mesmerising songs and startling acrobatics, the Cirque Romanès is one of the most unusual cultural highlights of Paris: the only Gypsy circus in Europe and the only show in the French capital whose artists retreat to their caravans after the curtain falls. For 18 years it has been attracting audiences to its exotic blend of poetry and performance. In June it was deemed good enough to represent France at the World Expo in Shanghai.
08/25/2010
— Filed under: Society
Tags: France, Gypsy circus
