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France: it’s official – Francois Hollande is president! (update)

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 06 May 2012 18:04:49 +0000

GenevaLunch.com France shifts to the left with Socialist win GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Francois Hollande comfortably defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy Sunday 6 May to become France’s new president, with 52 percent of the vote. The Socialist’s lead has been growing in the past week, following a first round of voting that eliminated candidates further to the left [...]

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Hollande, then Sarkozy: rematch 6 May

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:20:12 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Estimates show Hollande with 28-28.8 %, Sarkozy with 26.2-27% Le Pen’s strength a surprise, outdoing her father with 18.5-20% GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – France was neatly divided Sunday night 22 April by its voters’ leanings, with Socialist Francois Hollande giving the left a tidy lead, taking 28.8 percent in a first round of voting for president [...]

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French presidential campaign halted, manhunt on for schoolchildren killer

Paula Dupraz — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:05:11 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Candidates in the French presidential election suspended their campaigns following the killing Monday of four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse, as authorities began their search for the assassin. The country was put on the highest level of alert as authorities began looking for what was probably a single gunman, also [...]

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Hollande wins French presidential primary

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:42:40 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - François Hollande is the candidate for president in France, following his strong win Sunday 16 October in the second round of the Socialist Party primaries. His 56.3 percent victory gave him a clear sign of party support, compared to party leader Martine Aubry’s 43.6 percent. She carried only four departments in the north [...]

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France faces 1st big election without Communist since ’74

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:08:58 +0000

GenevaLunch.com PARIS, FRANCE – France will hold its first presidential election without a Communist candidate since 1974, when Nicholas Sarkozy stands for re-election in November 2012. The Communist Party Saturday appeared to vote overwhelmingly, some 60 percent in unofficial results, for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who will represent the Left Front, which also includes the Parti de Gauche [...]

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France’s new government promises jobs, security

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:12:05 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Fillon’s new cabinet pulls the government to the right Paris, France (GenevaLunch) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy Saturday dissolved his government when Prime Minister François Fillon handed in his resignation, and Sarkozy then formed a new one, with Fillon remaining as prime minister. The unusual move, since government changes are not normally announced on weekends, [...]

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French students vow to continue strikes

Sean Ecker — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:15:55 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Students in France are on a ten-day mid-term break but have vowed to continue opposition to President Nicolas Sarkozy’s controversial pension reform plans, which are set to be approved by the Senate on 27 October. The strikes and demonstrations have paralyzed parts of France, leaving others relatively unscathed. France’s finance minister, Christine Lagarde, has said [...]

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Germany denies action on Roma camps

Sean Ecker — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:52:29 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The German foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, has denied that Chancellor Angela Merkel told French President Nicolas Sarkozy she would order the closing of Roma camps in Germany within a few weeks. Sarkozy told a press conference 16 September that Merkel had told him German authorities were to clear Roma camps in the coming weeks and [...]

Sarkozy’s strength ebbs, regional votes show

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:39:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy Monday was facing the results of weekend regional elections in France, which show a serious erosion of his support from the right. Paris newspaper Le Monde points out that while the elections have no immediate impact on his role or his government, they show that the right [...]

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The World Economic Forum in Davos: the backdrop

Sean Ecker — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:11:26 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Davos, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The World Economic Forum (WEF) runs from 27-31 January in the snowy Swiss resort of Davos, and, ostensibly, the leaders will be discussing the state of the world and ways to improve it. Behind the scenes, they will be networking. It isn’t every day that so many movers and shakers come [...]

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