Tag: France

• Tuesday, May 27th 2014 - 08:34 UTC

  Argentina in another negotiating round with the Paris Club of creditors

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Axel Kicillof has assured that progress has been made with creditors in the Paris Club as the politician left Monday evening for France in preparation for talks with the financial institution over restructuring Argentina's debt, estimated in 9.5bn dollars.

• Monday, May 26th 2014 - 07:43 UTC

  Marie Le Pen European victory rattles France; calls for dissolution of national assembly

  

  France suffered a political earthquake on Sunday as the far-right National Front (FN) topped the polls in European elections with an unprecedented haul of one in every four votes cast, exit polls indicated.

• Friday, May 16th 2014 - 10:47 UTC

  Morales reveal that with Argentine help Bolivia is developing nuclear energy

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales revealed on Thursday that, with Argentina's help, his country was working to develop nuclear power. Morales had previously indicated that his country had plans to go nuclear with help from both Buenos Aires and France, but this is the first time that the news was confirmed.

• Saturday, May 10th 2014 - 00:21 UTC

  German exporters say they can cope with a strong Euro

  

  German exporters are well-positioned to cope with the strong Euro, Germany's leading trade organization said on Friday, even after data showed exports posted their biggest fall in nearly a year in March.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2014 - 03:41 UTC

  Hollande changes policy and names pro-business prime minister

  

  French President Francois Hollande has chosen centrist Interior Minister Manuel Valls as his new prime minister, replacing Jean-Marc Ayrault who quit after the ruling Socialists were trounced in local elections. The 51-year-old Valls has been compared with “New Labor” former British premier Tony Blair both for his pro-business ideas and his dashing style.

• Monday, March 31st 2014 - 15:53 UTC

  “Black Sunday” for French Socialists, although they managed to retain Paris

  

  French President Francois Hollande is set to take the axe to his beleaguered government after it suffered humiliating losses in local elections in which the far-right National Front (FN) made historic gains.

• Tuesday, March 25th 2014 - 09:30 UTC

  Despite backlash from the extreme right, France will stick to economic reforms, says minister

  

  President Francois Hollande's government will stick to planned economic reforms and spending cuts despite being punished in local elections where the anti-immigrant National Front (FN) made gains, the French finance minister said on Monday.

• Friday, March 21st 2014 - 09:44 UTC

  Cristina Fernández ends visit to France with references to Peron and De Gaulle

  

  President Cristina Fernandez on the last day of her visit to France, and escorted by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, inaugurated on Thursday Argentina's pavilion at the Salon du Livre in Paris, one of Europe's too cultural events, and also praised the long standing ties between the two countries and evoked leaders Juan Domingo Peron and Charles de Gaulle.

• Thursday, March 20th 2014 - 07:11 UTC

  Argentina secures French support for its ongoing litigations with hedge funds

  

  President Cristina Fernández praised the decision by France to file an 'amicus curiae' brief before the US Supreme Court, in a show of support to Argentina in its long-standing battle against speculative fund creditors, and also secured the backing of the French government to settle a 9.5bn dollars dispute with the Paris Club.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2014 - 00:13 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez holds two-hour private meeting with the Pope and then flies to France

  

  President Cristina Fernández (with a sprained ankle in a boot) and Pope Francis shared on Monday a lunch which lasted two hours and a half at Santa Marta residence in the Vatican. It's the third time the Argentine head of state and Francis meet since he was elected pontiff one year ago.