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François Hollande calls emergency meeting after WikiLeaks claims US spied on three French presidents
June 24th, 2015
Documents appear to show that American agents spied on Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Hollande, even listening to their phone calls The French president, François Hollande, has called an emergency meeting of his country’s defence council for Wednesday morning ...
PM Tsipras hopes for breakthrough in talks with Merkel, Hollande in Brussels
June 10th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due in Brussels on Wednesday with the key goal of meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on the sidelines of a summit of leaders from European Union and Latin ...
Greek PM Tsipras speaks to Merkel, Hollande as lenders increase pressure
May 29th, 2015
With negotiations between Greece and its creditors at a critical phase, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday sought the assistance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande in a teleconference call. The three leaders spoke for ...
BNP Fine Puts Pressure on Hollande to Act
June 2nd, 2014
A potential $10 billion U.S. penalty against France’s largest bank BNP Paribas SA (BNP) for its alleged dealings with Iran and other sanctioned nations, is stirring outrage in the country. It is putting pressure on President Francois Hollande, who hosts ...
French Finance Minister Outlines French Corporate Tax Cut Plans
September 1st, 2017
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has confirmed that the Government will legislate for several tax measures designed to increase France’s tax competitiveness in the upcoming Budget for 2018. In a speech to France’s main employers’ union, MEDEF, on ...
Euro falling back steady; Markets reacted to Macron’s victory;
May 8th, 2017
The euro hit a six-month dollar high before falling back as markets reacted to Emmanuel Macron’s victory in France’s presidential election. The euro jumped to $1.1024 at one point before slipping back to $1.098. Investors had widely expected pro-EU ...
Energy giants to begin talks for Cyprus gas
December 22nd, 2016
Cyprus Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Wednesday that Italy’s ENI, France’s Total, and Qatar Petroleum with American ExxonMobil – headed by US president-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson – are the energy firms that ...
EU could strip the City of London of its euro clearing business
December 18th, 2016
The European Union could once again try and strip the City of London of its euro clearing business, according to a Financial Times report. The FT reports that European Commission is considering a change that would allow the European ...
Asia Stocks Fall as Pound’s Flash Crash Supports Yen, Treasuries
October 7th, 2016
Sterling briefly sinks as much as 6.1%, most since Brexit Dollar gains as Fed rate-hike bets build before payrolls Asian stocks fell with U.S. equity index futures and the yen strengthened after a sudden plunge in the pound spooked ...
France announces €1bn pre-election cut in income tax
September 13th, 2016
Move to benefit more than five million households with average gain of nearly €200 The French government will cut income tax by €1 billion in its 2017 budget, the finance ministry said on Friday, seeking to ease the pain ...
