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01/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

May Day! Hollande's policies split French left (part 2)

Voters on the left rue the French government's first loosening of the labor law in decades. François Picard's panel wonders if under the guise of the Socialist label, a quiet revolution might be afoot in the French workplace?

01/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

May Day! Hollande's policies split French left

Voters on the left rue the French government's first loosening of labour law in decades. François Picard's panel wonders if under the guise of the Socialist label, a quiet revolution might be afoot in the French workplace.

02/05/2013 - FRANCE

French minister blocks Yahoo!-Dailymotion deal

French minister Arnaud Montebourg has reportedly blocked Yahoo! buying a majority stake in Dailymotion, stating he didn't want the rare French web-success to be 75% owned by an American company.

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01/05/2013 - FRANCE

France’s far right shows its strength on May Day

The National Front held its annual May Day rally in Paris on Wednesday, with the far-right party currently ahead of President François Hollande’s Socialists in the latest polls.

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14/05/2013 - FRANCE - MALI

French jihadist 'followed road traced by bin Laden'

Self-declared jihadist Gilles Le Guen, originally from Brittany, was arrested by French forces near Timbuktu in Mali on Sunday. While Le Guen claims to be a follower of Osama bin Laden, the extent of his links to Islamic militants remains unclear.

01/05/2013 - FRANCE

Tackling unemployment with 'Generation Contracts'

With French unemployment at record levels, President François Hollande has launched a number of programmes to tackle joblessness, such as "Contracts of the Future," and "Generation Contracts", aimed at the young in particular. The government has promised financial help to companies willing to hire people under the age of 26, and more money to companies willing to hold on to senior workers that can train them up.

01/05/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

'Sacre bleu! A giant cock-up on the Fourth Plinth'

FRENCH PAPERS, Wednesday 1 May 2013: International Workers’ Day is a common theme among most French and world headlines this Wednesday. Le Croix talks about the divide between France’s two biggest labour unions; the Huffington Post says this split is one of the reasons that this May 1st will be Marine Le Pen’s "Day of Glory"; and Bangladesh’s Daily Star asks: have working conditions improved there over the past century? The answer: an unequivocal NO.

30/04/2013 - ENVIRONMENT

EU bans three bee-harming pesticides for two years

Environmentalists hailed a "victory for bees" on Monday after the European Union voted for a ban on several nerve-agent pesticides blamed for the dramatic decline in global bee populations. Fifteen of the 27 member states, including France, voted for a two-year restriction on the neonicotinoids, despite strong opposition from chemical companies.

30/04/2013 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

Two very expensive Dutch paintings

Claude Guéant, a former French interior minister, is in a spot of bother as he tries to justify the transfer of €500,000 to his account in 2008. His accusers say it was part of the illegal financing of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. Claude Guéant says it was due to the sale of two 17th century Dutch paintings. Also, the Syrian Electronic Army - pro-Assad hackers - target The Guardian, this one week after hacking AP's Twitter account.

14/05/2013 - FRANCE

French jihadist arrested in northern Mali

French jihadist Gilles Le Guen, who appeared on a video in October warning France against attacking Mali, was arrested by French forces near the west African country's border with Algeria on Tuesday.

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