Rogue trader Kerviel fails in bid for SocGen sacking inquiryJérôme Kerviel is free pending a second appeal against his 2010 convictionFri Jul 5 2013 - 01:01
French ex-con still ‘coming up from ashes’ at 70Paris letter: Businessman Bernard Tapie says the system is out to humiliate himWed Jul 3 2013 - 01:00
Marine Le Pen loses immunity over Muslim ‘occupation’ commentsNational Front leader can now be prosecuted in France for inciting hatredWed Jul 3 2013 - 01:00
France struggles to take hordes of jobless youth under bloated administrative wing of the stateSchemes to target socially challenged areas with jobs seem to be having limited successMon Jul 1 2013 - 00:00
Disgraced former French minister protects socialist government in hearingJérôme Cahuzac faces commission of inquiry over tax fraud chargesThu Jun 27 2013 - 01:00
Row between Barroso and Paris deterioratesFrance will not take orders from Brussels, says French prime minister Jean-Marc AyraultTue Jun 25 2013 - 22:27
French confirm to Creighton support for EU retroactive recapitalisation of banks‘It is important that agreement to break link between sovereign and bank debt be implemented,’ says minister of stateTue Jun 25 2013 - 01:01
Creighton says she would be “very disappointed” if Fine Gael moves against those not supporting abortion billMinister of State says she still has deep reservations about suicide clauseTue Jun 25 2013 - 01:00
Depardieu fined €4,000 and banned from driving for six months for drink drivingFrench actor found to be three times over legal limit when he fell off scooter last NovemberSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
Meeting of two mistressesManet’s Olympia and Titian’s Venus of Urbino, two paintings depicting courtesans believed to have had affairs with the artists, are finally hanging side by sideSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
Hollande’s promise on parliamentary privilege proves short-livedLaw debated this week says constituents will be able to look at deputy or senator’s wealth declaration, but publishing information will be an offenceFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Algeria urged to reveal truth of decapitated monks’ deathsFamilies want François Hollande to push Algiers to co-operate over 1996 killingsThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
Hollande faces wrath of unions at social conferenceMeeting of ministers, business and trade unions will confront thorny issues of pensions, unemployment and the status of France’s civil serviceThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
Trial of Ribéry and Benzema for sex with underage prostitute postponedJudge refers case to the court of cassation, which will take it up in January 2014Wed Jun 19 2013 - 01:00
French officials face investigation into €403m Tapie paymentMagistrates say settlment the result of a ‘sham arbitration’Tue Jun 18 2013 - 06:00
Hollade and Barroso clash over trade dealRow between French PM and Commission President as G8 summit beginsTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
Research clinician prized for his efforts in scientific discoveryAn Irish medic has helped revolutionise how we treat heart attacks with his research on aspirinTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
Otherworldly hush descends for Seamus Heaney’s readings in ParisIrish poet’s 90-minute performance the highlight of month-long Marché de la Poésie festivalFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:00
France eager to have corporation tax discussed at Lough Erne summitHollande will use summit to press for new peace talks on SyriaThu Jun 13 2013 - 01:00
Samantha Power’s remarks on Israel may complicate confirmation as UN envoyIreland has secured another friend in the high echelons of the US administrationFri Jun 7 2013 - 01:00
The calculated rise of madame mayorThe next mayor of Paris will be a woman and the ‘bling-bling, divisive’ Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet is in pole positionFri Jun 7 2013 - 01:00
Hollande oscillates between structural reform and the rhetoric of the French social modelThe debate over whether France’s president and his socialist party are social democrats exemplifies the confusion surrounding his government’s policySat Jun 1 2013 - 01:00
Hollande and Merkel agree to mobilise €6bn to spend on unemployed youthLeaders call for solidarity and competitiveness across EuropeFri May 31 2013 - 01:00
Golden era of French popular song closes with death of singer Georges MoustakiTroubadour of love, tenderness and anti-racism gave France some of its best-loved musicSat May 25 2013 - 01:00
Hollande and Cameron alter position on Syria solutionLeaders step back from previous commitment to arm Syrian rebelsThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Vigilante’ editor seeks out corruption and abuse in French political and financial lifeMon May 20 2013 - 13:00
Hollande vows to launch European initiativePlan would set up an economic government for euro zone, says French presidentFri May 17 2013 - 01:00
Hollande in Brussels for first meeting with European CommissionVisit the first by a French president with commission since 1997Wed May 15 2013 - 01:00
Hollande rejects demand for slavery reparationsRepresentative Council of Black Associations to file lawsuit against French state-owned bankSat May 11 2013 - 01:00
France’s Europe Day blues replace decades of red-blooded celebrationsSince 2004, the number of French people who say they lack confidence in the EU has risen from 40 to 56 per centFri May 10 2013 - 01:00
Are the French lazy? Perhaps not, but they exhibit a definite preference for leisureIMF charge of ‘preference for leisure’ rings trueWed May 8 2013 - 06:00
French president François Hollande marks first year in office with government seminar“What we have done in one year is substantial, and what remains to be done is considerable.”Tue May 7 2013 - 06:00
Self-styled heir to Robespierre hopes to mobilise 100,000 to retake BastilleJean-Luc Mélenchon says demonstration will be a ‘show of strength’ against President François HollandeSat May 4 2013 - 06:00
Hollande’s ‘annus horribilis’: ratings at record low after first year in officeNo president of the fifth republic has been so unpopular after one year in roleFri May 3 2013 - 05:36
‘Selfish’ Merkel phrase reveals French rift with GermanyRow over leaked document threatens Franco-German relationsMon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
French unemployment breaks previous recordHollande calls for unity to reverse trend ‘by end of year’Sat Apr 27 2013 - 06:00
An international exhibition that’s become an international incidentAn exhibition of art in the Louvre has provoked fury in Germany for portraying the country as a dark and dangerous neighbour – has it ignored key movements deliberately, or is it all a matter of taste?Fri Apr 26 2013 - 07:00
France to become 14th country to legalise same-sex marriageHollande hopes opposition will die down once the law passes as the right demands a referendumTue Apr 23 2013 - 05:00
IMF director Lagarde to be questioned in ParisLagarde criticised for handing of financial settlement when French finance ministerFri Apr 19 2013 - 06:00
French cabinet ministers forced to publicly declare assestsMove follows scandal of tax-cheating former budget minister Jérôme CahuzacTue Apr 16 2013 - 06:00
Tales about the shelf-life of desireYou can love someone for your whole life. But is there is a timebomb ticking away at erotic attraction? French author Marie Darrieussecq talks to Lara MarloweSat Apr 13 2013 - 06:00
Thierry Repentin gets to grips with new role as France’s junior minister for European affairsMinister recognises Ireland’s need for better conditions to exit EU-IMF bailoutThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:52
Hollande announces new measures to combat corruption and tax fraudThree new bodies created to tackle graft in wake of former budget minister admitting to tax fraudWed Apr 10 2013 - 19:35
Hollande under pressure over campaign ally’s tax haven sharesPresidential campaign treasurer holds shares in two Cayman Islands companiesFri Apr 5 2013 - 06:55
Hollande faces political upheaval over Cahuzac scandalFormer budget minister pleads for forgiveness over secret bank accounts in Switzerland and SingaporeThu Apr 4 2013 - 06:49
Mediapart first to expose Cahuzac’s secret accountWebsite has earned reputation for fierce investigative reportingThu Apr 4 2013 - 06:42
French government to streamline overbearing regulationsOperational complexity has cost industry €60bn according to OECDWed Apr 3 2013 - 07:00
Polls verdict dismal following Hollande’s prime time interviewBad news for president as press slates performance and unclear plan for damage limitationSat Mar 30 2013 - 06:10
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