French In the loop October 13: le premier débat de la primaire de droite
Cette semaine, Nicholas Vinocur et Pierre Priançon analysent le premier débat de la primaire de droite, la solitude de François Hollande et l’avenir de Manuel Valls.
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5 takeaways from the French Right’s first debate
PARIS — Rivals vying for the French Right’s presidential nomination gathered on stage for their first-ever primary debate Thursday night. It was a largely disciplined, at-times dryly technical affair...
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Emmanuel Macron will decide on presidential bid by January
PARIS — Former French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron will decide whether to run for president no later than January 2017, he told Bloomberg News in an interview Friday. The 38-year-old quit President...
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Manuel Valls plots path to French presidency, via Brussels
PARIS — Make way for President Manuel Valls. With François Hollande isolated in his own camp following the publication of a tell-all book, his prime minister is quietly ramping up preparations for his...
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François Hollande’s book woes disrupt campaign launch plans
PARIS — This is not how things were meant to go for French President François Hollande. According to plans laid out by his backers, the Socialist leader should by this time of year be basking in calls...
View ArticleFrench In the loop October 20: la virée bruxelloise de Macron, du tourment...
Nicholas Vinocur et Pierre Briançon parlent de la virée bruxelloise d’Emmanuel Macron, du tourment de François Hollande, de la percée de François Fillon.
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Tech firms must help investigators access terrorists’ chats
PARIS — Tech firms must do much more to help anti-terror investigators access encrypted chats between terrorists, French and Belgian prosecutors urged at a press conference Friday. Many of their...
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France starts clearing Calais Jungle migrant camp
PARIS — France on Monday began transporting refugees from the so-called Jungle migrant camp in Calais to some 450 reception centers elsewhere in the country. Video footage taken before midday in Calais...
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French candidate under fire for Clinton ‘Zionist lobby’ comment
PARIS — Jean-Frédéric Poisson, a French Christian Democrat running for president, faced calls to end his campaign Monday after saying that U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was “subjected to...
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Nicolas Sarkozy plays Trump card, warns of ‘stolen’ election
PARIS — With his campaign to return to the French presidency losing steam, Nicolas Sarkozy is readying supporters for defeat by blaming a mysterious outside force: left-wing voters planning to...
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When Alain Juppé used to mock Nicolas Sarkozy’s height
PARIS — Alain Juppé, the frontrunner to win France’s conservative presidential nomination, prides himself on avoiding personal attacks and snide asides against campaign rivals. But the 71-year-old...
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A French media tycoon’s nightmare
PARIS — Ten days before French conservatives face off in a live TV debate, a strike brought on by a sex scandal at a major news network is threatening to ruin their day. The stop-work action has...
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Meet Sylvia, one of François Hollande’s loyal 4 percent
PARIS — She is such a rare find that French media granted her the sort of first-name fame usually reserved for stars. A well-preserved early female homo sapiens found by hikers in the Alps? A candidate...
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Media chief apologizes to Sarkozy over ‘my supporters are hicks’ leak
PARIS — The head of the Agence France-Presse news agency apologized personally to Nicolas Sarkozy for a damaging leak of a conversation in which the former president allegedly called his supporters...
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François Fillon’s smile offensive
PARIS — Former French Prime Minister François Fillon, the third man in the race to be France’s conservative presidential nominee, is undergoing something of a renaissance. Bolstered by rising poll...
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European Parliament seeks €339,000 from Marine Le Pen
PARIS — The European Parliament is seeking to recover €339,000 from French far-right leader Marine Le Pen as part of an investigation into an alleged misuse of funds, her lawyer confirmed Monday....
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Alain Juppé faces toughest test yet in French TV debate
PARIS —Less than a month before France’s conservatives pick their candidate for president, Alain Juppé is firmly in the frontrunner’s seat — and that makes him the target of choice for opponents...
View ArticleFrench In the loop November 3: du débat de la droite et des problèmes du...
Cette semaine, Nicholas Vinocur et Pierre Briançon parlent du débat de la droite, des finances de campagne et des problèmes du Front National.
View Article5 takeaways from French Right’s 2nd presidential debate
PARIS — Seven French conservative presidential hopefuls faced off Thursday night in a live television debate — a livelier, and at times nastier, exchange than their first encounter last month. Alain...
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Nicolas Sarkozy won French primary debate: poll
PARIS — French centrists and conservatives found Nicolas Sarkozy more convincing than Alain Juppé in a TV debate Thursday night among candidates to be the center-right’s presidential pick, a poll...
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