SAPIN, ONE OF SOCIALIST PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE'S CLOSEST BACKERS, SAID THE JOURNALIST IMMEDIATELY ASKED TO TALK WITH HIM AND THAT HE APOLOGIZED TO HER.
Sapin said that he was sorry about what he did but insisted that that should not be "confused with the seriousness of harassment or sexual assault"...
SARKOZY'S PARTY WANTED TO APPEAL TO THE NATIONAL FRONT'S RIGHT-WING VOTERS BUT ACHIEVED THE OPPOSITE IT ALIENATED CENTRIST VOTERS.
But on Sunday, the country's far-right and anti-immigration National Front made huge gains in regional elections, emerging as the strongest party with 28 percent of the votes...
A MAJORITY OF FRENCH PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF SENDING TROOPS TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS IN SYRIA, A PROSPECT THAT PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE HAS FLATL
Majority of French people favor sending troops to Syria poll...
SEGOLENE ROYAL SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT SHE HAD ASKED THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE FRAUD COMMITTED BY VOLKSWAGEN.
She also asked French car firms to ensure that similar practices had not taken place in their companies...
AMONG THOSE TIPPED TO REPLACE HIM AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY ARE PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE'S EX-PARTNER AND CURRENT ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SEGOLENE ROYAL, AND HIS FORMER PRIME MINISTER JEAN-MARC AYRAULT.
FRENCH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SEGOLENE ROYAL SAID MONDAY THAT WORK WILL BEGIN THIS YEAR TO SHUT DOWN THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, AT THE CENTER
Fessenheim, located on a seismic fault line, has worried French, German and Swiss environmentalists for years...
"IT IS INEXPLICABLE THIS COULD HAPPEN TO A PLANE FREE OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND WITH AN EXPERIENCED, LUFTHANSA-TRAINED PILOT," LUFTHANSA CHIEF EXECUTIVE CARSTEN SPOHR TOLD REPORTERS IN FRANKFURT.
The Germanwings Airbus A320 was on a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf when it went into an unexplained eight-minute dive before crashing on Tuesday morning...
AYA CHEBBI, FOUNDING CHAIR, AFRICAN YOUTH MOVEMENT, LONDON, UK AYA CHEBBI AYA IS AN AWARD WINNING PAN-AFRICAN FEMINIST AND RENOWNED BLOGGER.
Yet as the UK's Department for International Development's youth agenda points out, more than 600 million young people live in fragile or conflict afflicted areas...
AS CHANCES INCREASE THAT BRITAIN MIGHT ACTUALLY WALK, CENTRAL BANKS, INVESTORS AND BUSINESSPEOPLE ARE FRANTICLY DRAWING UP CONTINGENCY PLANS. IT'S AN EXERCISE IN GUESSWORK AND HOPE.
Britain sells nearly half its exports within the European Union...
WITH BRITAIN'S NOISY CAMPAIGN OVER A POSSIBLE BREXIT POLARIZING VOTERS, TIGHT REFERENDUMS OVER EU MEMBERSHIP TWO DECADES AGO IN NORWAY AND SWEDEN OFFER LES
Sweden is seen as a successful arm's-length approach to EU membership, retaining its own currency...