April 26, 2012
As has been widely reported, Francois Hollande – the socialist contender for the French Presidency – gave a major speech yesterday. Unsurprisingly, there were a few points thrown in that won’t go down particularly well in Berlin or Frankfurt. Perhaps m…
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Draghi, ECB, eurobonds, fiscal treaty, France, French elections, FTT, Hollande, Merkel, Sarkozy, structural funds |
The first round of the French presidential elections took place yesterday. As expected, the contest for the keys to the Elysée will be between Socialist candidate François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy in the final run-off on 6 May (wh…
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eurozone, eurozone crisis, France, franco-german axis, French elections, Hollande, Le Pen, Merkel, merkozy, Sarkozy |
April 18, 2012
*Update 15:30* – It seems after a quiet morning, the predictable fightback has begun in the battle over the ECB, and its a double whammy. First of all, although not addressing the French election campaign specifically, Bundesbank president Jens Wiedman…
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ECB, French elections, germany, inflation, Merkel, merkozy, Sarkozy |
March 12, 2012
EU relations have become a pretty substantial source of contention in the French Presidential race. Socialist candidate Francois Hollande has been calling for a renegotiation of the fiscal treaty, recently signed by EU leaders, since January. Nicolas S…
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free movement, French elections, FTT, Hollande, Sarkozy, schengen |
March 1, 2012
“I am not dangerous” said a grinning Francois Hollande as he arrived in London yesterday.The Socialist frontrunner to the presidency is on a damage-control trip following a series of statements on markets and wealth creation. The self-described “…
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February 16, 2012
Nicolas Sarkozy officially announced his candidacy for re-election during a televised appearance broadcast on TF1 last night. The decision hardly came as a surprise. UMP officials had kept tight-lipped about the President’s schedule, but his recent f…
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February 15, 2012
Antonis Samaras (see picture), the leader of Greece’s centre-right New Democracy party, has made people in Athens, Brussels and elsewhere sweat quite a bit with his aversion to giving a written commitment to the latest austerity package.However, he has…
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bailout, crisis, eurozone, germany, Greece, Merkel, Papandreou, Samaras, Sarkozy |
February 9, 2012
Socialist candidate François Hollande (see picture) has begun to flesh out what his pledge to renegotiate the new European fiscal treaty on budgetary discipline would involve, if he wins the upcoming French presidential elections.First, (and predictab…
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eurozone crisis, fiscal compact, fiscal treaty, French elections, Hollande, Merkel, Sarkozy |
Socialist candidate François Hollande (see picture) has begun to flesh out what his pledge to renegotiate the new European fiscal treaty on budgetary discipline would involve, if he wins the upcoming French presidential elections.First, (and predictab…
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eurozone crisis, fiscal compact, fiscal treaty, French elections, Hollande, Merkel, Sarkozy |
February 1, 2012
In a debate with Francois Hollande and François Bayrou, a youthful Nicolas Sarkozy calls the Tobin Tax an “absurdity”. You heard that right. Sarkozy – who recently announced his plan to introduce a Financial Transaction Tax(FTT) by the 1st of Augu…
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eu, eurozone, financial regulation, financial transaction tax, France, FTT, Sarkozy, tax, transaction tax |
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