Macron vs the streets: What to expect from Frenchman’s first big test
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is about to face the first real test of his authority since he won office last May, though he’s already acting as if he’s aced it. The hardline CGT union has...
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Macron passes protest test but ‘slackers’ remain on warpath
PARIS — If protests across France on Tuesday were a test of Emmanuel Macron’s reforming mettle, the French president passed without much trouble. Across the country, between 220,000 and 400,000 people...
View ArticleFrance predicts wave of support for Google, Facebook tax plan
PARIS — A France-led plan to force internet giants such as Google and Facebook to pay more tax in Europe will soon secure broader support, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday. France,...
View ArticleFrench In the loop September 15: Macron et de la zone euro
Cette semaine, Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur parlent des grèves, de Macron et de la zone euro, et de la taxe sur les GAFA.
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Marine Le Pen to critics: I’m not going anywhere
PARIS — Haters gonna hate. That was the thrust of Marine Le Pen’s message in an interview published Friday in response to critics who say she should no longer run the far-right National Front. The...
View Article10 EU nations back new plan to tax digital giants
EU finance ministers from 10 countries on Saturday threw their weight behind a plan to start taxing the revenues of digital giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook, which have been accused of paying...
View ArticleMacron bombarded with text messages after mobile number leaks
PARIS — This is not quite what Emmanuel Macron had in mind when he proposed more direct democracy in politics. The French president was bombarded with text messages and phone calls after his mobile...
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Emmanuel Macron’s arrogance problem
PARIS — It was a rare unscripted moment in French politics. Emmanuel Macron, wearing a €1,600 suit, caught on camera lecturing a worker about the importance of hard work to get the nicer things in...
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Marine Le Pen’s deputy quits, splitting far-right party
PARIS — Marine Le Pen’s National Front has a serious crack in its façade. On Thursday, the party’s vice president and director of strategy, Florian Philippot, announced that he was leaving the...
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France’s 5-point wish list for the German election
PARIS — Few people will be watching the outcome of Germany’s election Sunday more closely than Emmanuel Macron. The French president has staked his credibility on plans to overhaul the eurozone, with...
View ArticleFrench In the loop September 21: le départ de Florian Philippot
Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur parlent du départ de Florian Philippot, du mépris d’Emmanuel Macron.
View ArticleCommission joins ‘fair taxation’ bandwagon on digital industry
Watch out, Big Tech: The European taxman cometh. The European Commission on Thursday threw its formidable muscle behind plans to swiftly impose new taxes on digital commerce, in a push to end what...
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Where Marine Le Pen goes from here
PARIS — He was her right-hand man, her geek, her answers guy, ready with emailed talking points at all hours of the day and night — in addition to being a friend. But now Florian Philippot, who stepped...
View ArticleMacron’s centrist party dealt a blow in Senate vote
PARIS — France’s main conservative party won most seats Sunday in a partial Senate election, with Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party picking up just a handful in a largely expected result. The upper...
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Emmanuel Macron’s plan to conquer Europe
PARIS — First he conquered France. Now he’s going for the entire European Union. Emmanuel Macron is set to lay out his grand vision for the European Union on Tuesday in a speech laden with symbolism at...
View ArticleMacron calls for new EU ‘strategic culture’
PARIS — The European Union needs a “common strategic culture” to act collectively on the international stage, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. In a major speech on European policy, Macron...
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How Macron’s EU vision stacks up to reality
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron’s big speech on Europe offered a mile-high view of how the bloc could look in 10 years — if the French president gets his way. Now it’s time to come back down to earth. A day...
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Bitter divisions undermine Europe’s digital tax plans
When European leaders gather this week to hammer out how to tax the digital world, lawmakers will be divided into two camps: the haves and have-nots. On one side stands a group of 19 European...
View ArticleFrench In the loop September 28: la vision européenne d’Emmanuel Macron
Cette semaine, Nicholas Vinocur et Pierre Briançon parlent de la vision européenne d’Emmanuel Macron et de la vague de consolidations.
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Macron takes risky bet with tough talk on weedkiller
French President Emmanuel Macron is making a high-stakes political gamble by promising to vote against an EU-wide license for the world’s most commonly used weedkiller: glyphosate. Glyphosate is one of...
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