PM: France Will Conform to Deficit Rules
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France&#39;s public deficit will drop by about euro10 billion (US$12 billion) in 2005 to conform with European Union rules, the French prime minister said in an interview.
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PM promises debate but not referendum amid relief as leaders reach agreement after six years.
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French Finance Minister Thierry Breton delivers a speech in Paris. The euro's current strength has cast clouds over the economic outlook for the 12-nation eurozone ahead of a meeting of the bloc's finance ...Comment
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Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM5) are a model to be followed, said Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker at a press briefing in Hanoi on Friday afternoon.
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday declared that his government was determined to carry forward the economic reforms process and that he would use his visit to New York to convey this message.
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French President Jacques Chirac may come closer to his goal of meeting European Union deficit rules for the first time in three years in 2005 after Electricite de France and Gaz de France agreed to make ...
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Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin insisted France would achieve growth of its gross domestic product (GDP) of 2.5 percent next year despite poor results in the third quarter of 2004, in an interview to be ...
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France and Germany&#39;s bruising dispute with Brussels over their big budget deficits is expected to be suspended next week after both countries claimed they would comply with EU rules in 2005.
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France's prime minister says his government will defend Societe Generale against any hostile takeover bids.
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France will meet its European budget commitments in 2005, bringing its deficit under the 3 percent EU limit for the first time in four years, Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday, touting the extent of the slash as unprecedented.
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The French government has indicated that it intends to stand firm on its decision to ban the wearing of headscarves by Muslim girls in state schools.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday gave the post of prime minister to fellow conservative Francois Fillon, who promised to carry out Sarkozy's sweeping program for change
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French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has confirmed that 10,000 job cuts were planned at European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, but urged there be &quot;no compulsory layoffs.&quot;
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SCHEVENINGEN - The French public deficit is expected to come to 3.6% of output this year and around 3% or slightly less in 2005, Finance Minister Nicholas Sarkozy predicted.
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PM names credit crunch as 'our biggest challenge' as he warns country to prepare for turbulence
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PARIS  - French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin insisted this weekend his country would achieve growth of 2.5 percent next year despite reports of flagging economic momentum in recent months.
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France will meet its European budget commitments in 2005, bringing its deficit under the 3 percent of the EU limit for the first time in four years, President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday.