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France’s Hollande blasts ‘homophobic’ violence following same-sex marriage protests
French President Francois Hollande on Thursday hit out at “homophobic” acts by opponents of a same-sex marriage bill following violent protests that included an overnight attack on a gay bar. The interior minister, meanwhile, asked protest organisers to throw out members of far-right organisations who have been involved in the…
Scandal-hit French president Hollande vows to ‘eradicate’ tax havens
Mired in a scandal over an ex-minister’s secret Swiss bank account, French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday vowed to “eradicate” tax havens, increase checks on officials’ finances and crack down on tax cheats. Laying out a series of measures just over a week after his former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac…
Pressure builds on Hollande over secret bank account registered in the Cayman Islands
Pressure was building on French President Francois Hollande on Thursday over a disgraced ex-minister’s secret foreign bank account, as it emerged that his one-time campaign treasurer was a partner in companies registered in the Cayman Islands. With Hollande away in Morocco on a state visit, calls grew at home for…
Massive leak of emails and records reveals identities of rich politicos who hide wealth in offshore accounts
Millions of emails and leaked records from offshore tax havens have exposed the identities of thousands of holders of offshore accounts, including the family of the president of Azerbaijan and French President Francois Hollande’s one-time campaign treasurer, the Guardian and Le Monde newspapers reported on Thursday. The alleged involvement of…
French leader spurns appeal to save elephants on death row
French President Francois Hollande will not intervene in the case of two ailing zoo elephants whose death sentence led Brigitte Bardot to threaten to go into exile in Russia, his office said Wednesday. The two elephants named Baby and Nepal face being put down because they have been diagnosed with…
French president demands probe after newborn dies en route to hospital
French President Francois Hollande demanded an inquiry Saturday after a mother lost her baby in giving birth in a car on her way to hospital because the clinic closer to her home had been closed in a health care shake-up. “No French person should be more than 30 minutes from…
Lagerfeld draws flak for calling French president an ‘idiot’
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was in hot water on Friday after calling French President Francois Hollande an “idiot” over his plans to impose huge taxes on the rich. Hollande’s former companion and a one-time presidential contender Segolene Royal led the charge, saying the Paris-based German designer must apologise immediately. “There…
French president’s partner regrets firing tweet at her companion’s ex
French President Francois Hollande’s partner Valerie Trierweiler admitted Wednesday she had made a mistake in firing off a tweet snubbing Hollande’s ex-companion and said she regretted it. “It was a mistake that I regret. I must have been clumsy because this was badly interpreted,” Trierweiler told newspaper Ouest-France. “I had…
France’s Hollande in London for tricky talks
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday began his first official visit to Britain, where he will hold talks with David Cameron aimed at smoothing over recent differences. The Socialist leader arrived on a French military jet at the RAF Northolt airbase in London for the one-day visit, during which he…
France to quit Afghanistan by the end of 2012
French President Francois Hollande said Saturday that France would begin its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan next month and complete it by the end of the year. Speaking after the death of four French soldiers in a Taliban attack, he said France would pay a “national homage” to the men. He…
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