Tag: Francois Hollande

• Thursday, May 10th 2012 - 20:03 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez looks for new friends: Hollande and Putin

  

  Argentina’s Cristina Fernández spoke to French president- elect François Hollande and newly elected Russian president Vladimir Putin to congratulate them on their wins and agreed to meet them both in the next G20 meeting in Mexico.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2012 - 17:17 UTC

  Brazil’s Rousseff sees in Hollande an ally to counter Merkel’s austerity policies

  

  Dilma Rousseff is interested in having French elected-president Francois Holland make an official visit to Brasilia to talk about the current world situation since the Brazilian leader believes they both share positions regarding the global crisis and austerity policies.

• Monday, May 7th 2012 - 04:33 UTC

  Hollande first scheduled meeting with Merkel in Berlin to address austerity and growth

  

  A victorious Francois Hollande faces a short honeymoon after his election as France's first Socialist president in 17 years, with financial markets eager for clear signals on his policies and how hard he plans to push back against German-led austerity.

• Saturday, May 5th 2012 - 06:38 UTC

  Hollande or Sarkozy, on Monday the Berlin-Paris axis reviews EU austerity policies

  

  Conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy made an impassioned final appeal to voters on Friday, saying that a Socialist victory could send France spiraling the way of Greece, as polls showed him narrowing his challenger’s lead two days before the vote.

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  Far-right candidate announces blank ballot in French presidential run-off

  

  Five days before French voters pick their new president, the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen announced she would cast a blank ballot in the second round poll of the election. Faced with a choice between conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Party challenger François Hollande, the National Front (FN) leader said the two candidates were the same.

• Monday, April 30th 2012 - 09:17 UTC

  Hollande anticipates victory over Sarkozy-Merkel and their strict austerity plan

  

  Socialist candidate Francois Hollande has claimed his campaign for the French presidency has forced German chancellor Angela Merkel to shift her thinking and accept the need for new measures to boost economic growth.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2012 - 00:48 UTC

  Extreme right-wing National Front kingmaker of next French president

  

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy appealed directly to far right voters on Monday with pledges to get tough on immigration and security, after a record showing in a first round election by the National Front made them potential kingmakers.

• Monday, April 23rd 2012 - 09:16 UTC

  Hollande wins first round in France and leads comfortably for the run-off

  

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces an uphill struggle in the second round of the presidential election, after coming second in Sunday's first vote. He won only 27.1% of the vote, while his socialist rival Francois Hollande took 28.6%, the first time a sitting president has lost in first round. Third-place Marine Le Pen took the largest share of the vote her far-right National Front has ever won with 18.1%.

• Saturday, April 21st 2012 - 04:14 UTC

  In France it’s Hollande or Sarkozy, but eyes are set on hard left/right votes

  

  Socialist presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande appealed to French voters to throw out conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and shun the far right in a final push for working-class votes before Sunday's first round of the election.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  Sarkozy warns voters: look at Greece and Spain after seven years of Socialism

  

  Nicolas Sarkozy warned French voters Thursday they should re-elect him as president to pursue his cost-cutting plans or face the kind of debt crises that have gripped Greece and Spain.