Nicolas Sarkozy sides with Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump
PARIS — #NeverTrump just got a presidential boost — from France. France’s conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy told local media that if he could vote in the United States, he would back...
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‘Nobody cares’ about Europe, Hollande told former minister
PARIS — Europe? Nobody cares. That was French President François Hollande’s response a few years ago when one of his ministers pressed him to explain his government’s position on the European Union and...
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Another Le Pen goes rogue
PARIS — Marine Le Pen may have hoped that by throwing her father out of the National Front last year, she had settled her last family issue and established full control over the anti-EU party. So much...
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As fuel shortages spread, Hollande faces showdown over labor bill
PARIS — French President François Hollande faced renewed pressure Tuesday to withdraw a controversial labor reform bill, as hardline unions vowed to intensify protests and blockades at fuel refineries...
View ArticleFrench In the loop May 24: l’affaire Baupin et l’étrange vote pour Clinton de...
Cette semaine, Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur parlent de la “chienlit”, de l’affaire Baupin et le harcèlement sexuel, du grand bluff d’Arnaud Montebourg et l’étrange vote pour Hillary Clinton de...
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Cash-strapped, Le Pen’s National Front appeals to 45 foreign banks
PARIS — Marine Le Pen’s National Front party has appealed to 45 foreign banks to help finance upcoming election campaigns, including her presidency bid next year, due to a major cash shortage, the...
View ArticleFrench government splits as labor row spreads
PARIS — French Prime Minister Manuel Valls struggled to keep his troops in line Thursday as strikes over a contested labor reform bill spread from oil refineries to nuclear power plants, putting strain...
View ArticleFrench union takes papers hostage over labor bill
France’s CGT union has its own unique definition of “press freedom,” and it goes like this: either you print what we want, or we don’t print your newspaper. That was the ultimatum that newspaper...
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Frankreichs Rechtspopulisten betteln Banken an
PARIS — Auf der Suche nach finanzieller Hilfe für die anstehenden Wahlkampagnen in Frankreich hat sich Marine Le Pens Front National (FN) an 45 internationale Banken gewandt. Dahinter steckt...
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Marion Maréchal-Le Pen ditches right-wing rebel gathering
BÉZIERS, France — Marion Maréchal-Le Pen has made a career out of subtly disputing the official line of her aunt’s National Front party. But her quick exit from a gathering of right-wing rebels...
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EU shifts against lower trade barriers with China
PARIS — Europe’s trade skeptics are gaining the upper hand in an intense war of influence over whether China should be granted greater access to world markets, according to sources involved in the...
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Firebrand French mayor takes aim at Le Pen … from the Right
BÉZIERS, France — Controversial French mayor Robert Ménard is challenging far-right leader Marine Le Pen for the hearts and minds of conservative voters — by making her out as a soft-hearted socialist....
View ArticleFrench In the loop June 1: Les sondages pour Marine Le Pen et le “T-shirt”...
Cette semaine, Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur parlent des cheminots, de l’embellie dans les sondages pour Marine Le Pen et le “T-shirt” d’Emmanuel Macron.
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5 reasons France’s strikes won’t ruin Euro 2016
PARIS — For fans with tickets to the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament in France, the past two weeks have been an emotional rollercoaster. Newspaper headlines and TV footage showed a country that...
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Frenchman arrested in Ukraine was planning Euro 2016 attacks: security official
A French national detained in Ukraine was planning up to 15 attacks in France around the time of this month’s European soccer championship, news agencies reported Monday, citing a top Ukrainian...
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Emmanuel Macron pelted with eggs by angry mob
PARIS — French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron was pelted with eggs Monday as he visited a post office near Paris, the latest in a series of setbacks for the young minister. Macron was visiting the...
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Manuel Valls digs in heels against strikers as Euro 2016 looms
PARIS — French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is refusing to amend a controversial labor reform bill despite persistent strikes in rail and other sectors, days before kickoff in the Euro 2016 football...
View ArticleFrench In the loop June 8: la grève en France et la loi Sapin 2
Cette semaine, Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur parlent de la grève en France, la loi Sapin 2, la misère du gouvernement.
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France’s plan for a bloody Brexit
PARIS — France is not ready to let Britain get away from the European Union scot-free. If the U.K. votes to leave on June 23, Paris will push to ensure that consequences are felt swiftly and severely...
View ArticleHollande defender kicks back at Ibrahimović
PARIS — This tackle is fair game. A day after soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimović said he was doing more for France than President François Hollande, a longtime pal of the Socialist leader politely told the...
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