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…
Francois Hollande has a tough challenge ahead, having won the French presidency.
EPA/Guillaume Horcajuelo
Socialist candidate Francois Hollande has won the French presidential election with 52% of the vote, ousting sitting president Nicolas Sarkozy.
In hindsight, there have been few surprises in this campaign…
Greek citizens took their frustration out on the ballot box this weekend.
EPA/Orestis Panagiotou
The answer, even though they see over and over again that austerity leads to collapse of the economy, the answer over and over [from politicians] is more austerity.
— Joseph Stiglitz, Asian Financial Forum…
At the Senat Coutumier in Noumea both the tricolour and the Kanak flags are still floating.
Photo: Marie M'Balla-Ndi
There’s no doubt that French President Nicolas Sarkozy needs the votes of the far right in the second round run off of the French elections this weekend.
In the first round, right wing Front National…
Marine Le Pen’s ideology cannot be defined simply as “right wing”.
EPA/Ian Langsdon
By Haydn Rippon, Queensland University of Technology
Marine Le Pen’s ability to attract nearly a fifth of the vote in the first round of the French presidential election was a resounding victory for her party.
While Le Pen’s Front National (FN) did not…
Francois Hollande will struggle to consolidate his left-wing base and tackle Europe’s economic woes.
AAP/Ian Langsdon
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.
EPA/Christophe Karaba
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…
French President Nicolas Sarkozy should be worried about the upcoming elections.
EPA/Yoan Valat
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…
