Tag: Francois Hollande

Tuesday, July 7th 2015 - 07:21 UTC
Merkel and Hollande tell Greece the door for serious proposals remains open

France and Germany told Greece to come up with serious proposals in order to restart financial aid talks, raising pressure on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to compromise a day after his country voted overwhelmingly against more austerity
Tuesday, June 30th 2015 - 07:14 UTC
EU leaders warn Greeks the referendum vote means “yes or no to the Euro zone”

European leaders have warned Greeks that rejecting creditors' proposals in a snap referendum called for Sunday would mean leaving the Euro. German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said the vote would be “yes or no to the Euro zone”.
Tuesday, May 12th 2015 - 06:18 UTC
Hollande in Havana ratifies support for Cuba and an end to the US embargo

French President Francois Hollande has urged an end to the US trade embargo of Cuba and envisioned a larger French role in Cuba's engagement with the West during the first visit by a French head of state to Cuba. Havana is in foreign policy talks with both the European Union and the United States amid intense world interest in Cuba following detente with Washington in December.
Monday, March 30th 2015 - 06:32 UTC
French local elections confirm come back of Sarkozy and containment of Marie Le Pen

The far-right National Front (FN) made only limited gains in French local elections won by ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives. The anti-immigrant, anti-EU party is likely to have won up to 108 local council seats, from holding only one currently. But they will have too few in any one of the 102 “departements” to control any of them, updated Sunday exit polls showed.
Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 06:08 UTC
French team to investigate choppers' collision in Argentina; “immense sadness”, said president Hollande

A manslaughter investigation into the helicopter crash in La Rioja province that killed eight French nationals and two Argentines was opened on Tuesday in Paris, Le Monde reported. Two experts from France's crash investigation agency (BEA) were travelling to Argentina.
Friday, January 16th 2015 - 06:24 UTC
Hollande admits Muslims are “the first victims of fanaticism, fundamentalism and intolerance”.

President Francois Hollande assured Muslims in France and abroad that his country respected them and their religion but would not compromise its commitment to freedom and democracy.
Monday, January 12th 2015 - 09:22 UTC
“Paris is the capital of the world” said President Hollande next to 44 foreign leaders

Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen liked arms leading hundreds of thousands of French citizens in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks.
Thursday, January 8th 2015 - 05:21 UTC
Fears in Europe of violent retaliation and Islamophobia following Paris killings

The terror attack that killed 12 people in Paris on Wednesday will have come as little surprise to Europe's police and intelligence services. For months, they've regarded the prospect of a mass killing in Europe by isolated gunmen or small groups of Islamist terrorists as a question of when rather than if.
Wednesday, November 26th 2014 - 10:10 UTC
France suspends delivery of helicopter carriers to Russia because of Ukraine

France suspended indefinitely on Tuesday delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter carrier warships to Russia, citing conflict in eastern Ukraine where the West accuses Moscow of fomenting separatism.
Monday, September 29th 2014 - 08:33 UTC
French far-right won its first ever seats in the country's Senate

The far-right National Front won its first ever seats in France's upper house of parliament, as President Francois Hollande's Socialist party lost its Senate majority. The left still controls the lower house, which is the dominant legislative body in France, but Sunday's ballot underlined the unpopularity of the president and the continued rise of the anti-immigration, anti-Euro National Front.