French Socialist is faulted on fiscal details
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PARIS -- The day after S&#xE9;gol&#xE8;ne Royal, the French Socialist presidential candidate, unveiled an ambitious election platform that would add billions of euros to government spending, her campaign said yesterday it needed a little more time to figure out who would pay for it.
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Â· French president headed for showdown in Brussels  Â· He will demand greater political control over euro
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Haiti&#39;s former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide lashed out yesterday at his country&#39;s interim prime minister, Gerard Latortue, accusing him of covering up his own failure to restore peace with lies.
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Whether because of his public love life or his economic policies, French voters seem to be souring on their new president
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France's president unveils new economic reforms in a  command performance, but skeptics say he's short on detail
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Nicolas Sarkozy will push for a European tax on "speculative movements" by financial groups, such as hedge funds, if he wins this year's French presidential elections.Comment
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France's president is heading for a showdown with European finance ministers over its budget deficit.
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A French tax official cheated the government out of 600,000 euros (407,000 pounds) by creating a phantom identity as a university professor and claiming a salary for some 15 years, the government said on Monday.
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A financial scandal prompts a resurgence of antipathy to the unrestrained profit motive that President Sarkozy had championed
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PARIS, Feb 11 (IPS) - The French government's new plan for  reconstruction of the poorest neighbourhoods has sparked  criticism, both within the government and among the opposition.
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France is approaching a crossroads on the painful and devious road to economic and social reforms.
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Attempting to overcome a recent drop in the polls, Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal unveiled a long-awaited platform Sunday that promises to boost the minimum wage and pension payments.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy unveils his first and only budget on Wednesday, hoping to leave his mark by holding down spending and bringing France back inside EU deficit limits for the first time in four years.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s government on Thursday unveiled details of a costly masterplan to &quot;shock&quot; the economy back to life, the first part of his ambitious economic and social reform drive.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right party crushed the Socialists in the first round of parliamentary elections but still faces major reform hurdles, despite the likely weakness of the opposition.
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The head of the ruling UMP party bloc in France's National Assembly, Bernard Accoyer, said Friday he regretted a new attempt by the opposition socialists to vote through a bill making it a punishable offence to ...Comment
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