A Paris court has fined far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemour 10,000 euros for comments he made in 2020 that fall under the “hate speech” offense. On a television show in 2020, Zemour, who is claiming the upper hand in the French far-right vote by the “traditional” far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen, with a rhetoric […]
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N. Dendias: France expresses the epitome of European solidarity – We discussed the escalation of Turkish rhetoric
“France expresses the epitome of European solidarity, as enshrined in Article 42 (7) of the Lisbon Treaty,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in a statement after a working breakfast hosted by the French Embassy in Athens. The working breakfast took place on the occasion of the opening of the French Presidency of the Council of […]
Lemmer calls EU rules on Member States’ public debt “obsolete”
French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Lemerre on Sunday described the rules on public debt of European Union member states as “outdated”. The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) “is not obsolete in its entirety, but the rule for public debt is,” he said in an interview a few weeks after France took over the rotating […]
France: Former Justice Minister Christian Tombira officially announces her candidacy for the presidency
Former French Justice Minister Christian Tombira announced today her candidacy for the presidency of the country with the aim of uniting the French Left and confronting President Emanuel Macron in the April elections. “I pledge to you today because I share with you the ambition for another kind of government,” former Socialist President François Hollande […]
France “sacrifices” EDF to fight energy crisis
At a time when the European economy is suffering from high energy prices, France has put the country’s largest electricity producer (EDF) at stake. According to Bloomberg, the government will force Electricite de France to sell more energy at a big discount, at a cost of almost $ 9 billion to EDF. The move will […]
Private lunch K. Mitsotaki with the candidate of the Center Right for the presidency of France, V. Pekres
The Prime Minister and President of ND Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a private lunch at noon with the governor of the Paris region and Republican candidate (LR) for the office of President of the French Republic, Valerie Pekres, who is visiting Athens. During the lunch, according to information, the traditionally excellent climate in Greek-French relations was […]
France: The catastrophic scenario for Covid-19 is moving away from the country
A difficult but under control situation: this is now the prospect of French hospitals dealing with Covid-19. After entering 2022 in complete uncertainty due to the explosion of cases associated with the Omicron variant, France could, like its neighbors, escape the worst. “We are moving towards scenarios that remain very complicated for the hospital, but […]
France: Mass strike by teachers over government crackdown on covid-19
Teachers in France are on a massive strike today, protesting the government’s failure to adopt a policy to manage the covid-19 pandemic in schools and to adequately protect students and staff from infection. Teachers, parents and school principals are trying to cope with the new test rules, which were announced before the end of the […]
France proposes a meeting of the Normandy squad by the end of January
France today spoke of a meeting of the Normandy faction (France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine) “until the end of January” as well as a “gesture” by Kiev in trying to renew the momentum for resolving the Ukrainian crisis. The Kremlin’s envoy to the peace talks in Ukraine, Dmitry Kozak, “agreed to resume negotiations in the […]
Macron: France ‘does not forget’ journalist Olivier Diboua being held hostage in Mali
France “does not forget” Olivier Diboua, a journalist who has been held hostage by a jihadist organization in Mali since April 2021 and has “fully mobilized” for his release, President Emanuel Macron assured today. Olivier Diboua is the only French hostage in the world, following the October 2020 release of Sophie Petronen, who was also […]