2013: French government to focus on unemployment and its image

FRENCH PAPERS, Fri. 04/01/13: It’s back to work for the French government after the Christmas break - a chance for François Hollande to refocus his cabinet and announce his plans for 2013. The new year also gives the government a fresh start in terms of its public image. Meanwhile, actor Gérard Depardieu is back in the press after Vladimir Putin offers him Russian citizenship.

IN THE PAPERS

By Florence VILLEMINOT

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Some articles from today’s French press review:

LE PARISIEN: Hollande reigns in his troops

LE MONDE: A new French model

LIBERATION: The Elysée focuses on its PR

LE FIGARO: Depardieu loves Russia

24/03/2010 - INTERNATIONAL PRESS REVIEW

Health care legislation signed… with 22 pens!

President Obama signed the historic health care reform bill into law yesterday and the papers are abuzz with analysis, not least of all on the number of pens the US President used in the ceremony! WEDNESDAY, 24th MARCH, 2010

24/03/2010 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

Sarkozy backs down from plan to tax carbon dioxide emissions

One of Sarkozy’s most prominent initiatives, the so-called ‘carbon tax’, has been shelved. The French Prime Minister François Fillon has deferred the proposed tax indefinitely as the UMP party attempts to win back voters after catastrophic regional elections. WEDNESDAY, 24th MARCH 2010

23/03/2010 - INTERNATIONAL PRESS REVIEW

After healthcare vote, the selling begins

With mid-term elections coming up this autumn and some polls saying 59% of Americans are against the healthcare reform bill, Republicans and Democrats will now focus all their attentions on winning over voters before the November vote, say US papers. TUESDAY, 23rd MARCH, 2010

23/03/2010 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

Sarkozy’s cabinet reshuffle is ‘limited but symbolic’

The French papers are all analyzing Sarkozy’s limited cabinet reshuffle this morning. What are the aims behind it? What does it tell us about Sarkozy’s priorities and about the famous divisions in the UMP party? TUESDAY, 23rd MARCH, 2010