Tag: Segolene Royal

• Friday, January 15th 2016 - 07:57 UTC

  Renault passes 'surprise VW emissions scam test', but impact is felt on shares

  

  Shares in French carmaker Renault plunged 20%, before recovering to close 10.3% lower, after police raids on the company's facilities. The firm confirmed the raids took place last week and said investigators wanted to check equipment at its factories.

• 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.