France's Raffarin sticks to optimistic growth forecast
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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party vows to press ahead with reforms despite losing seats in parliament.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged  on Friday to press ahead with plans to overhaul ties with NATO  and launch a Mediterranean Union in 2008, shrugging off  criticism of his foreign policy since he took office.
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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.
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The German chancellor remains optimistic despite gains for the far right and ex-communists in the east.
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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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Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin won a seat in French Senate elections today, a post that could be useful if persistent rumours that his days as government chief are numbered prove true.
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Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said that France's budget deficit would be reined in next year to below three percent of output, in an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro to be published Friday.
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French bank BNP Paribas  beat  forecasts with a 28.8 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit  on Thursday, but some analysts expressed concerns over the  performance of its French retail banking division.
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The French economy expanded slightly faster than initially thought in the third quarter, figures showed Friday, raising hopes the official goal of at least 2.0 percent growth this year might be approached.
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France Telecom reported on Wednesday a bigger-than-expected profits leap in 2007 and looked forward to steady growth as it held up well in European markets and newer ventures overseas.
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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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The companyâs strong quarterly results and optimistic outlook suggests that a weakening economy will not slow it down.
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France is to launch a French-language news channel next year in a long-awaited attempt to challenge the dominance of the American view of world current affairs, the prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, said yesterday.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin declared Friday the news France had about the two French hostages in Iraq was &quot;not complete&quot;.
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French President Jacques Chirac is hinting that a third presidential run might not be in the cards, but he has not ruled one out.Comment
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is keeping his country's business elite waiting.