Tag: France

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Europe divided over “greenwashing” gas and nuclear energy, but parliament ready to support the bill

  

  For the European Parliament natural gas and nuclear power plants have been designated as climate-friendly investments. The European Commission released the proposal, formally called the EU taxonomy, in December as a list of economic activities that investors can label and market as green in the EU.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  France limits terminology for veggie foods: steak and sausage only with real meat

  

  France became the first EU country to ban words like “steak” and “sausage” applied to plant-based food. The decree becomes effective next October and states, “it will not be possible to use sector-specific terminology traditionally associated with meat and fish to designate products that do not belong to the animal world and which, in essence, are not comparable”.

• Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Pie thrown at Mona Lisa by fake old woman

  

  A deranged young male visitor disguised as an old lady in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at Leonardo Da Vicini's Mona Lisa painting at Paris' Louvre Museum

• Friday, May 20th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Argentina, “a nothing tour”, ending the war, German pastry and the Pope's knee

  

  Last week unexpectedly the Argentine president Alberto Fernandez left for a quick tour of three European countries, two confirmed before leaving, Spain and Germany and a third which was only later approved since French President Emmanuel Macron is facing legislative elections.

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  “No more room for wars,” Argentine President stresses in Paris

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández said Thursday during a press conference at his country's embassy in Paris that “the world needs to understand that there is no more room for wars.”

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Macron proposes new political union for Europe which would include Ukraine and the United Kingdom

  

  Speaking before the European Parliament in Strasbourg and later in Berlin, French president Emmanuel Macron proposed a new “European political community,” which would include both members and non-members of the EU, and thus incorporating Ukraine and even possibly the United Kingdom.

• Monday, April 25th 2022 - 08:00 UTC

  France: Macron reelected but LePen's number of votes raises concern

  

  France's centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the Republic on the March (LREM) was re-elected Sunday for another five-year term at the helm of the Elysée Palace, clearly surpassing far-right candidate Marine LePen of the National Rally (RN) in the runoff by 58.5% of the votes against 41.5%.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  French runoff, a choice between Macron’s unexciting centrism and Le Pen’s unsullied Trumpism

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – French President Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, but he’s still in trouble. He knew he would be. Here’s what he said on Saturday.

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Macron, LePen set up rematch rendez-vous at France's presidential 2nd rd

  

  Following Sunday's first round, France is looking ahead to a rematch of the presidential runoff from five years ago. The incumbent Emmanuel Macron, who won on that occasion and also came out first this weekend, will once again take on the far-right Marine Le Pen on April 24.

• Saturday, April 9th 2022 - 15:40 UTC

  France: LePen narrows gap with Macron hours before elections

  

  National Front leader Marine LePen is said to have closed the gap with the incumbent Emmanuel Macron as campaigning for Sunday's presidential elections closed.