http://www.ft.com/cms/0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/rss/franceFT.com - Franceen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2010. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:35:49 +0000Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:57:10 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/cms/0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/dfe1ba70-3377-11df-9223-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dfe1ba70-3377-11df-9223-00144feabdc0.htmlWhen France's right-of-centre government was humiliated in regional elections in 2004, an ambitious young minister called for heads to roll. Now he's prime minister and facing a similar humiliationFri, 19 Mar 2010 17:35:49 +0000dfe1ba70-3377-11df-9223-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1648bb4-31b4-11df-9ef5-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1648bb4-31b4-11df-9ef5-00144feabdc0.htmlFrance's finance minister says Berlin should consider the measure to boost domestic demand, as she persists with her view that the 'single motor' economy may be unsustainable for the rest of the eurozoneWed, 17 Mar 2010 17:32:47 +0000c1648bb4-31b4-11df-9ef5-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea2eafda-3069-11df-bc4a-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea2eafda-3069-11df-bc4a-00144feabdc0.htmlEurope must rebalance. Christine Lagarde suggests Germany could start importing more from the rest of the currency union but however it is done, Europe will not save its way to prosperityMon, 15 Mar 2010 20:16:34 +0000ea2eafda-3069-11df-bc4a-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a8a9476-306b-11df-bc4a-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a8a9476-306b-11df-bc4a-00144feabdc0.htmlPresident Nicolas Sarkozy's strategy of wooing far right voters with a hard line on immigration, crime and national identity appeared to have backfiredMon, 15 Mar 2010 19:50:41 +00002a8a9476-306b-11df-bc4a-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d57c26aa-3067-11df-bc4a-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d57c26aa-3067-11df-bc4a-00144feabdc0.html German politicians and industry leaders closed ranks in the face of criticism from France over the competitiveness of Europe's largest economyMon, 15 Mar 2010 19:28:56 +0000d57c26aa-3067-11df-bc4a-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a732e4f2-2fa7-11df-9153-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a732e4f2-2fa7-11df-9153-00144feabdc0.htmlFrench voters deliver a rebuke to the government of Nicolas Sarkozy with opposition parties winning an unprecedented share of the vote in the first round of regional electionsMon, 15 Mar 2010 10:02:22 +0000a732e4f2-2fa7-11df-9153-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/225bbcc4-2f82-11df-9153-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/225bbcc4-2f82-11df-9153-00144feabdc0.htmlGermany's trade surpluses built on holding down labour costs may be unsustainable for the other countries in the eurozone, France's finance minister said in an unusually blunt warning to BerlinSun, 14 Mar 2010 22:03:19 +0000225bbcc4-2f82-11df-9153-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e539492-2e07-11df-b85c-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e539492-2e07-11df-b85c-00144feabdc0.htmlThe eastern province may be the last part of mainland France to resist a socialist onslaught in regional elections. The socialists have set themselves the target of winning every one of France's 22 regional councilsFri, 12 Mar 2010 23:46:14 +00007e539492-2e07-11df-b85c-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fbd1c6f0-2aec-11df-886b-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fbd1c6f0-2aec-11df-886b-00144feabdc0.htmlPresident Nicolas Sarkozy of France called for an international effort to finance civil atomic energy in developing countries, with an appeal to the World Bank to reverse a 50-year abstention from funding the construction of nuclear reactorsMon, 8 Mar 2010 20:06:44 +0000fbd1c6f0-2aec-11df-886b-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8a8c09a-27de-11df-9598-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8a8c09a-27de-11df-9598-00144feabdc0.htmlChief of the French media and telecoms conglomerate seems enthralled with the country where it last year snapped up GVT, but analysts have raised doubts about the moveThu, 4 Mar 2010 23:15:15 +0000d8a8c09a-27de-11df-9598-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0486dc8-263f-11df-aff3-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0486dc8-263f-11df-aff3-00144feabdc0.htmlNicolas Sarkozy's decision to sell not one but four helicopter and troop-carrying ships to Moscow completes a remarkable turnround in the French president's attitude towards RussiaWed, 3 Mar 2010 01:36:28 +0000e0486dc8-263f-11df-aff3-00144feabdc0http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1d4f856-2592-11df-9bd3-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1d4f856-2592-11df-9bd3-00144feab49a.htmlFrance says it has begun exclusive negotiations with Russia to sell four helicopter-and-troop ships, in spite of opposition from the US and the Baltic statesTue, 2 Mar 2010 01:44:04 +0000b1d4f856-2592-11df-9bd3-00144feab49ahttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/684c5322-2232-11df-9a72-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/684c5322-2232-11df-9a72-00144feab49a.htmlFrance wants to lead the European debate on financing the common agricultural policy, and is arguing against defenders of big cuts, such as BritainThu, 25 Feb 2010 17:56:16 +0000684c5322-2232-11df-9a72-00144feab49ahttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2ca54042-21ea-11df-98dd-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2ca54042-21ea-11df-98dd-00144feab49a.html Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has said France made "errors of judgment" in Rwanda that contributed to the 1994 genocide as he became the first French head of state to visit the country since the bloodshed Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:19:03 +00002ca54042-21ea-11df-98dd-00144feab49ahttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c96dc0c-216f-11df-830e-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=0e3b4494-227d-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Ffrancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c96dc0c-216f-11df-830e-00144feab49a.htmlFrance's state train company awards one of its biggest-ever orders to the Canadian group in a move that is likely to fuel controversy about its train-ordering practicesThu, 25 Feb 2010 02:31:49 +00003c96dc0c-216f-11df-830e-00144feab49a