FRENCH PAPERS, Fri. 18/05/12: France’s new government is in the spotlight after holding its first cabinet meeting yesterday. It seems all the papers agree that it’s time for Hollande and his ministers to hit the ground running.
François Hollande makes good on his promise to name France’s first ever government with gender parity. But men still get the lion’s share of the big posts. François Picard’s panel breaks down the surprises of a government that now looks ahead to parliamentary elections in June.
The head of Greece’s Council of State, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, has been sworn in as the leader of the country’s caretaker government, which will attempt to lead the nation until new elections planned for June 17.
Nicolas Sarkozy packs his bags to make way for newly elected French President François Hollande. We take a look at his first few days in office, and who has made it into his cabinet. It's also time to roll out the red carpet for the world's biggest film festival. We get the lowdown on all the glitz and glamour from Cannes.
The head of Greece’s Council of State, Panagiotis Pikramenos, has been appointed interim prime minister until the country holds new general polls on June 17, state media reported on Wednesday, following failed attempts to form a coalition.
Greek political leaders were set to form an interim cabinet on Wednesday as the crisis-stricken country heads to a second round of polls in just over a month after repeated efforts to cobble together a coalition government failed.
The Spanish government has announced yet another reform of its banking sector, the fourth in as many months. This latest effort is an attempt to finally shore up losses and protect the banking system from future risks. In the future, banks will be made to keep a total of 84 billion euros in reserve under measures that are costing Madrid another four billion euros - to add to the 15 billion they have already spent trying to do the same thing.
Greece has no government and could run out of money as early as next month. The state agreed to the terms of a second international bailout earlier this year, but the government that signed off on that deal is now out of power after an election that punished mainstream parties and put extremists in parliament for the first time. Laura Baines and her panel discuss how the Greek people can be led out of this mess and whether default and an exit from the euro are now inevitable.
Greece has no government and could run out of money as early as next month. The state agreed to the terms of a second international bailout earlier this year, but the government that signed off on that deal is now out of power after an election that punished mainstream parties and put extremists in parliament for the first time. Laura Baines and her panel discuss how the Greek people can be led out of this mess and whether default and an exit from the euro are now inevitable.
Romanian President Traian Basescu nominated leftist opposition leader Victor Ponta as Prime Minister on Friday following a no-confidence vote that brought down a two-month old centre-right government.
