All posts tagged "France"

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  France’s Unpopular President Hollande Rules Out 2017 Run

  PARIS — French President Francois Hollande announced Thursday that he would not seek a second term in next year’s presidential election, saying he hoped to give his Socialist party a chance to win “against conservatism and extremism”...

  • Posted December 1, 2016
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  France: 7 arrested in anti-terror raids, attack thwarted

  PARIS — French anti-terrorism police have arrested seven people in Strasbourg and Marseille who had been plotting an attack on France for several months, the interior minister said Monday. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said a series of...

  • Posted November 21, 2016
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  France’s Sarkozy Loses Primary with Hard-Line on Immigration

  Donald Trump's election as president of the U.S. is on many voters' minds

  • Posted November 20, 2016
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  French police clash with protesters backing Calais migrants

  Protesters say they are expressing solidarity with the migrants, who face imminent expulsion from the camp

  • Posted October 1, 2016
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  With UK Going, Crisis Simmering, EU Ponders Uncertain Future

  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – If Britain long felt like a sore festering at the heart of European unity, its planned departure has made one thing clear – it’s far from the only malaise for the vision of a...

  • Posted September 15, 2016
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  French unions stage last-ditch resistance against labor law

  PARIS (AP) — With strikes and protests, French unions are staging a last-ditch bid to dismantle a labor law that weakens their powers and worker protections. However the labor action appeared low-key Thursday morning, with only minimal...

  • Posted September 15, 2016
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  French president hints he will seek a second term

  Least popular French leader in modern times

  • Posted September 8, 2016
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  French Ex-Minister in Court over Tax Fraud, Money Laundering

  PARIS – A former French budget minister went on trial Monday for hiding his wealth in tax havens around the world – while at the same time leading the government’s fight against tax evasion. Jerome Cahuzac appeared...

  • Posted September 5, 2016
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  France wants halt to ‘imbalanced’ EU-U.S. trade deal talks

  "The negotiations with the U.S. have de facto failed, even though nobody is really admitting it"

  • Posted August 30, 2016
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  Dancing, Drugs, Extremism – Multiple Lives of Nice Attacker

  PARIS – A 31-year-old father of three obsessed with fitness and sex, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel led multiple lives. His darkest side appears to have been his best-kept secret: a calculated, committed jihadi ready to kill scores of...

  • Posted July 24, 2016