IMF chief Christine Lagarde has called on advanced economies to take bold actions to bolster growth and reduce budget deficits, warning that the escalating debt crisis was threatening an already “anemic and bumpy recovery”.
François Picard’s panel chalks up the winners and losers of the conflict in Libya, approves the IMF’s Christine Lagarde for her straight talk on European banks, and argues over the impact of Nicolas Sarkozy’s inner circle ordering the phone-tapping of two investigative journalists.
François Picard’s panel chalks up the winners and losers of the conflict in Libya, approves the IMF’s Christine Lagarde for her straight talk on European banks, and argues over the impact of Nicolas Sarkozy’s inner circle ordering the phone-tapping of two investigative journalists.
Markus Karlsson meets Laurence Parisot, the head of the French employers' federation, Medef. He asks her what she thinks about the current state of the French economy.
French magistrates have formally opened an investigation into the possible complicity of IMF director Christine Lagarde in embezzlement of public funds over her approval of a huge payment for a businessman while serving as finance minister in 2008.
MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Fri. 5/8/2011. More on Christine Lagarde's legal woes; Marine Le Pen backs up her father's controversial declaration on the Norway killings; the French far-right distances itself from Breivik; and a fugitive from French justice puts a mocking video online.
An inquiry into recently appointed IMF chief Christine Lagarde's actions as French finance minister won't jeopardise her position, lawyers say. The investigation, announced Thursday, will look into allegations of abuse of power.
Former French finance minister Christine Lagarde is on the front pages after a court ordered an investigation into possible misconduct. The newly-appointed head of the IMF approved a settlement to a businessman friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008. Also in the French press: the crackdown in Syria, and bikini-clad pro-Medvedev "stripteaseuses". That's the focus for this Friday, 5th August 2011.
MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Thurs 4/8/2011: Who exactly is Bernard Tapie? We look at the man at the centre of the controversy surrounding Christine Lagarde. Also, lawyers dig for more witnesses to testify against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and the last "pink triangle" passes away in France.
A French court announced Thursday that it will investigate IMF chief Christine Lagarde over alleged abuse of authority when she was France's finance minister in 2008. Lagarde has consistently denied the charges.
