French Politiques for an Anglophone Audience
Femen attempted action in front of the Tunisian Ambassy (April 4) Fifteen women from the feminist group Femen were arrested in front of the Tunisian embassy in Paris demonstrating support for Amina Tyler. The Tunisian woman fled from her family due to threats of stoning, following the publication of pictures exposing her topless. Three other […]
After the catastrophic consequences of Hurricane Sandy in October, the US and the world at large had to question themselves about climate change, the human involvement in it, and what is done at a political level to improve the situation and respond to public concerns. Different studies have been conducted in France about this issue. […]
While the President of the French Republic, François Hollande, and the executive chairman of Google debated over the creation of a “Google tax”, the French direction générale des Impôts(the nation’s central governmental tax agency) sent a registered letter to Google last week asking for €1 billion in back taxes over its profits for the last four […]
The broadcast debate organized last Thursday October 25 between former Prime Minister François Fillon, and the Secretary General of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP), Jean-François Copé did not round up a large audience (2.3 million people watched.) Even though 65% of the UMP activists hoped it would help them to make a choice […]
In anticipation of future discussions, Europeans states reached a compromise last Thursday night in Brussels about the concept of a Banking Union, despite disagreements between France and Germany. It was decided that a Banking Union would be created for the 6,000 Europeans banks before 2014. Ultimately the European Central Bank (ECB) would leave the day-to-day […]
French and German governments have expressed their disagreement this week as members of the Euro Zone meet to discuss the project of a European Banking Union at the European summit, taking place October 18th and 19th. Angela Merkel said she was in favor of a step-by-step integration, whereas her French colleague said he wanted to […]
Boeing no longer has to worry, the project of EADS and BAE to merge into the largest aerospace and defense group to date was aborted last Wednesday. The companies did not press the British Takeover Panel — in charge of the regulation and supervision of takeovers — on their desire to prorogue the deadline fixed by […]
EADS – Europe’s biggest civil aerospace manufacturer – and BAE – a British weapons manufacturer – are negotiating a €38 billion merger deal to compete with American company Boeing and create a leading company in aerospace and defence. EADS is the parent company to Airbus. The French are unwilling to lower their stake in the […]
On September 19, the French Council of Ministers examined the European Budgetary Pact Ratification Bill, which the French Parliament will discuss around October 2. Against the backdrop of the Euro crisis, the European Budgetary Pact (formally known as the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance or TSCG) has sparked a lively political debate, as it […]
With 6.5 million votes during the Presidential Elections for the Front National (FN), this extreme-right party’s success certainly came as a surprise for many. Much ink has been used trying to explain the renewed public infatuation for this dark horse. Here is a summary of the main theses. The most straight-forward explanation is that more […]
