French In the loop September 20: Sarkozy 2.0 et le dilemme de François Hollande
Cette semaine, Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur analysent Sarkozy 2.0, les difficultés de Marine Le Pen et le dilemme de François Hollande.
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Disorder in the ranks on EU defense plans
PARIS — As European defense ministers gather for informal talks in Bratislava Monday and Tuesday, Britain will be watching for any sign that a dreaded vision is coming true: the creation of an EU army....
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Marine Le Pen’s cash-flow crisis
PARIS — Marine Le Pen’s presidential campaign says it will run out of steam in December unless her anti-EU party can find €8 million to bankroll its events. Seven months before the French head to the...
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Sarkozy recordings reveal National Front flirtation
PARIS — A former campaign adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy who secretly recorded hundreds of hours of conversations with the ex-president said he frequently voiced sympathy for the values of France’s...
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Alain Juppé pulls ahead of Nicolas Sarkozy in primary race
PARIS — Alain Juppé has restored a commanding lead over his rivals —including former President Nicolas Sarkozy — in a race to win the French Right’s nomination for president, a poll showed Wednesday....
View ArticleFrench In the loop September 29: la bataille Sarkozy-Juppé et l’optimisme de...
Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur analysent la bataille Sarkozy-Juppé, l’optimisme de François Hollande et le dernier budget du quinquennat.
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Nicolas Sarkozy dogged by past as campaign stumbles
PARIS — Nicolas Sarkozy’s past keeps coming back to sting him. Six weeks after he launched a campaign to reclaim power, France’s ex-president is being forced to battle two old demons in public. One...
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Marine Le Pen and the Trump-supporting US congressman
PARIS — Marine Le Pen, head of France’s National Front, met with Republican congressman Steve King in her first public encounter with a U.S. elected official, a tweet sent Monday from her official...
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Leaked SMS hints François Hollande is preparing reelection bid
PARIS — Will French President François Hollande run for reelection next year despite his dismal approval ratings? The answer is now looking like a “yes,” according to a leaked text message that a major...
View ArticleFrench In the loop October 5: le SMS de François Hollande et la veste d’Alain...
Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur analysent les “piques” d’Emmanuel Macron, le SMS de François Hollande, et la veste d’Alain Juppé.
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EU leaders to UK: Brexit will come at a price
PARIS — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warned Britain on Friday that the EU would be “intransigent” during Brexit talks, echoing tough remarks from the leaders of France and Germany....
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LSE: Foreign academics ‘barred’ from advising UK on Brexit
Foreign academics have been barred from advising Britain’s government on issues relating to Brexit because they are not British, according to the London School of Economics. The university said it had...
View ArticleFrançois Hollande scraps Poland visit after Airbus sale talks collapse
The French president has put off a trip to Poland indefinitely following the collapse of talks with Warsaw over a possible purchase of 50 Airbus helicopters, his office said Friday. François Hollande...
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Russia moving nuclear-capable missiles into Kaliningrad
Russia is moving nuclear-capable missiles into the tiny Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, situated between Poland and Lithuania, according to a Reuters report. Friday’s report quoted a U.S. intelligence...
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French towns protest plans to house Calais migrants
Hundreds of villagers rallied in several French towns Saturday against plans to relocate migrants in local shelters as the government prepares to dismantle sprawling migrant camps in the northern port...
View ArticleBritish business pleads against ‘hard Brexit’
A group of major British business lobbies urged their government in a letter Saturday to retain access to Europe’s single market after the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. In the letter, the...
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Nicolas Sarkozy’s referendum fever
PARIS — Slipping in polls, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy got himself a new mantra when talking about solving his country’s problems: ask the people — they know best. In a primetime interview...
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Vladimir Putin cancels France trip amid new Russia-West tensions
PARIS — Russian President Vladimir Putin called off a trip to Paris next week after declining an offer to meet François Hollande solely for talks on Syria, Reuters quoted a source in the French...
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Vladimir Putin and France unfriend each other
PARIS — The new Cold War is getting chilly again. Russian President Vladimir Putin called off a trip to Paris due to take place next week, sparking a diplomatic spat with France that followed other...
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Nicolas Sarkozy’s trial by TV
PARIS — Official hunting season for Nicolas Sarkozy kicks off on Thursday, 9 p.m. Paris time. That’s when the former French president steps into the arena for a live TV debate that will pit him against...
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