Weinstein scandal reverberates in France
PARIS — Would you denounce a colleague if you knew they were guilty of sexual harassment? The question was addressed to French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire Monday on a popular radio talk show. His...
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EU shrugs at UK’s Brexit diplomatic offensive
LUXEMBOURG — Theresa May reached out to Brussels with a plea for political space to maneuver — and the answer came back, “Sorry, you’re on your own.” May’s dinner in Brussels with Commission President...
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Macron brings zest — and risk — to EU summit
It’s all about Emmanuel. As EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to chart the course of the next 18 months, they are feeling bolder and more confident, eager to tackle new policy problems and wade...
View ArticleFrench In the loop October 19: La France et Brexit
Cette semaine, Nicholas Vinocur et Pierre Briançon parlent de Macron, de la France et du Brexit.
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France dials back on digital tax plans after US meetings
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire was gung-ho about taxing digital giants like Google and Amazon on the billions of euros they generate, collectively, each year in Europe. Then he went to...
View ArticleFrench In the loop October 27: Brexit et des Républicains
Cette semaine, Nicholas Vinocur et Pierre Briançon parlent du Brexit et des Républicains.
View ArticleFrench Environment Minister Hulot: ‘I give myself a year’
France’s environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, is giving himself a year to judge whether he is having any impact on government policy, he told Le Monde newspaper. In an interview published Saturday, the...
View ArticleNew French anti-terror law to replace 2-year state of emergency
France is about to lift a state of emergency for the first time since the Bataclan concert hall massacre in Paris two years ago. The exceptional legal regimen, which had been renewed a total of six...
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French commerce lobby chief: Business braced for ‘catastrophic’ Brexit
PARIS — French firms are preparing for a possible “catastrophic” breakdown in Brexit talks and Britain’s disorderly departure from the European Union, said the head of France’s largest business lobby....
View ArticlePhilippe Léglise-Costa confirmed as new French ambassador to EU
Philippe Léglise-Costa, a civil servant deeply versed in EU affairs, will take over as France’s ambassador to the European Union in coming weeks, a French government spokesman confirmed Thursday. As...
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The name’s bonds, Franco-German bonds
A senior lawmaker in Angela Merkel’s party has a radical proposal to break a Franco-German deadlock over the eurozone’s future — and it’s capturing the interest of top officials around Emmanuel Macron....
View ArticleEmmanuel Macron’s digital report card
When Emmanuel Macron first burst into the limelight, he seemed like a godsend for European techies. The 39-year-old owner of two iPhones, known as an obsessive user of the Whatsapp and Telegram...
View ArticleFrench In the loop November 10: Paradise Papers
Cette semaine, Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur parlent de Paradise Papers et de la droite française.
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Macron ♥ Vestager
Emmanuel Macron knows whom he wants as the next president of the European Commission — the bloc’s competition supremo, Margrethe Vestager. According to three senior officials in the European...
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Muriel Pénicaud’s magic formula to fix France
PARIS — Muriel Pénicaud has found a way of subduing France’s combative unions without having to call in riot police: Kill them with consultations. In an interview with POLITICO, the French labor...
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Le Bulletin de notes d’Emmanuel Macron en matière de numérique
Quand Emmanuel Macron a pris le pouvoir en France, les technophiles d’Europe ont cru à une forme de miracle. Âgé de 39 ans, propriétaire de deux iPhones et réputé comme étant un utilisateur...
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Britain’s new military BFF (Best Friend France)
LONDON — As Britain prepares to withdraw from the European Union, it is cultivating closer military ties with the Continent. The one thing that could scupper these efforts is what’s motivating them:...
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France’s conservative ‘bad boy’ ready to take on Macron
STRASBOURG — Say hello to the anti-Macron. Brash, young and fiercely ambitious, ex-minister Laurent Wauquiez is set to seize the presidency of France’s largest conservative party in an internal...
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France: ‘We’ll make cat-calling a punishable offense’
PARIS — Cat-callers, wolf-whistlers and harassers of the world, beware. Marlène Schiappa, France’s junior minister for gender equality, is on a mission to hunt you down, by making unwanted public...
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‘Le Brexit task force’ prepares France for no deal
PARIS — France is cultivating a little-known asset in Brexit talks that officials credit with ironclad readiness to confront almost any scenario, including Britain’s disorderly exit from the EU: “Le...
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