British Airways and Iberia sign memorandum of understanding for merger
British Airways and Iberia of Spain have signed a memorandum of understanding on a merger that would create a European aviation giant to rival Air France-KLM and Lufthansa.
A bid by France's left-wing opposition to have parliament investigate a flurry of opinion polls commissioned by the French presidency has cleared a first hurdle after the speaker of the lower chamber said he would not hinder the move.
Marc Perelman interviews Jean-Christophe Fromantin, Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine; Christian Makarian (l'Express); Gaël Sliman (BVA); and Eric Pape (Newsweek and the Daily Beast).
Marc Perelman interviews Jean-Christophe Fromantin, Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine; Christian Makarian (l'Express); Gaël Sliman (BVA); and Eric Pape (Newsweek and the Daily Beast).
Marc Perelman interviews Tariq Ramadan (Saint Antony’s College Oxford); Nicolas Perruchot (Nouveau Centre Party); Amel Boubekeur (Carnegie Middle East Center); and Fouad Al Obaid (Kuwait Times).
France’s ruling UMP party has won a by-election in one of its affluent strongholds outside Paris, in the first test of the government’s popularity after a string of gaffes and scandals.
The controversy over his son’s probable election to a top administrative job was just one of the issues touched on by Nicolas Sarkozy in an interview he gave to this morning’s Le Figaro.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in the former papal town of Avignon on Tuesday to unveil a plan aimed at improving the lives of 16 to 25 year-olds, a segment of the population that remains far from loyal to his right-leaning UMP party.
An unprecedented trial opens this afternoon in Paris, pitting president Nicolas Sarkozy against his bitter rival, former prime minister Dominique de Villepin.
