The issue of same-sex marriage in Australia is again part of the national debate, after Independent MP Tony Windsor announced he was in support of a referendum on the question to be held in parallel with…
Will history look kindly on the French intervention in Mali?
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Why the French intervention in Mali? Last week, French daily Le Monde asked this question of André Bourgeot, specialist on Sub-Saharan Africa with France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS…
French soldiers gather on the tarmac of the military airbase in Bamako, Mali.
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The French government has announced it will triple its troop deployment to the conflict-plagued state of Mali.
On Monday, France’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gerard Araud, explained that France…
A screen grab from Generation Identitaire’s, a growing far-right French movement’s, “Declaration of War” video.
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By Haydn Rippon, Queensland University of Technology
Last month, about 70 activists of Generation Identitaire (GI) occupied the site of the unfinished Poitiers Grand Mosque. They unfurled a banner that read, “732 Generation Identitaire”, and asked for a…
Tackling France’s mounting sovereign debt will prove challenging for French President François Hollande.
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Pressure is mounting for the recently elected French Socialist president, François Hollande and his government to address France’s sovereign debt, which is currently at a post-war record of 91%. France…
Will super Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, come to the Eurozone’s rescue?
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By Harald Sander, Cologne University of Applied Sciences (CUAS)
Today Eurozone leaders will meet in Brussels. On the agenda is nothing less than the survival of the euro. Officially, it is about Spain: Spain’s economic and financial woes show the urgency. Moody’s drastically…
Despite a purported commitment to renewables, France’s new President will likely be outmaneuvered by the country’s nuclear industry.
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The recent meeting of European Energy Ministers has exposed a Germany-France rift on the role of nuclear power. Post-Fukushima, Germany is investing heavily in solar power; so is Italy. But a French spokesperson…
German chancellor Angela Merkel and France’s new President Francois Hollande meet to discuss Europe’s economic woes.
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Europe is in economic dire straits and the two most powerful economies on the continent are, at least on paper, led by individuals with considerable differences.
The previous French President Nicolas…
With Greek leaders still unable to form government more than five days after the election, the prospect of Greeks returning to the polls is strengthening.
The democratic executions of Nicolas Sarkozy in France and Lucas Papademos in Greece means the body count of European leaders guillotined by angry electorates has risen to 12.
Sarkozy and Papademos join…
Francois Hollande will struggle to consolidate his left-wing base and tackle Europe’s economic woes.
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France went to sleep last weekend knowing that almost a fifth of those who felt compelled to vote in the first round of the presidential election chose a party formed on an openly neo-fascist platform…
Nicolas Sarkozy will seek another term as President of France this Sunday.
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The first round of the French Presidential election is set to take place this Sunday.
The latest polls show that right-wing president Nicolas Sarkozy and his centre-left contender François Hollande are…
Carla Bruni’s daughter Giulia will never officially be known as a mademoiselle after the French government changed its policy.
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Alongside sketchy rationales like postponing the whole rat race thing, a pivotal reason that I got my PhD was to avoid the Miss/Ms conundrum. As first world a problem as is imaginable, but it plagued me…
French leftists protest after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the country’s debt on Friday.
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Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the credit ratings of nine Eurozone countries, including Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, is another symptom of the contagious and vicious debt cycle…
The eurozone crisis is moving beyond “spendthrift” countries in need of rescue, to the rescuers themselves.
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By Harald Sander, Cologne University of Applied Sciences (CUAS)
Early this week, sovereign bonds spreads for France and other Euro-core countries peaked.
Around noon on Tuesday the spreads on French and Austrian 10-year government bonds exceeded the German bund rate…
Italy’s debt woes will not disappear after Berlusconi finally steps down.
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Global markets have tumbled in the past 24 hours on fears over Italy’s worsening debt crisis, with media reports that Germany and France have begun talks to break up the Eurozone if the monetary union…
French President Nicolas Sarkozy should be worried about the upcoming elections.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has a tight fight on his hands. He’ll be taking on the Socialist Party’s Francois Hollande in the elections next year. And he could struggle to get a second term.
Four…
Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel believe an FTT can help solve Europe’s debt woes.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have announced a plan to impose a financial transactions tax (FTT) for the Eurozone, as part of an effort stem the bloc’s worsening…
