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French LGBT groups angered over apparent backtrack on marriage equality
France’s main gay lobby suspended links with France’s socialist government Wednesday, saying it felt “betrayed” after President Francois Hollande appeared to backtrack slightly on plans to legalise gay marriage and adoption. The Inter-LGBT said it was “suspending all relations with the government” until Hollande explained “what at best can be…
French Catholic church makes fresh swipe at same sex marriage
LOURDES, France — The Catholic church in France took a fresh swing Sunday at the Socialist government’s plan to authorise gay marriage and adoption, which is to be presented as a draft law this week. Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, who has led opposition to the project, told mass-goers in the…
French Socialist leader jokingly considers backing Romney
NEW YORK — France’s President Francois Hollande showed a fine understanding of American politics Tuesday when he refused to endorse a US presidential candidate. Asked by a reporter at the UN General Assembly in New York whether he backed Democratic incumbent Barack Obama or his Republican rival Mitt Romney for…
French and German stocks rise after Hollande elected
Leading European stock markets closed higher on Monday despite the prospects for political and financial turmoil in Greece following general elections a day earlier. London markets were closed, but in Paris the CAC 40 index jumped by 1.65 percent to 3,214.22 points in moderately thin trading, while in Frankfurt the…
Obama invites Hollande to White House
President Barack Obama congratulated French president-electFrancois Hollande for his victory Sunday, but warned of “challenges” ahead, a clear reference to Afghanistan and eurozone debt crisis. The US president was among the first world leaders to welcomeHollande’s election as France’s first Socialist president in nearly two decades, a result sure to have major implications for Europe as…
Far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon calls for a ‘civic insurrection’ in France
Leader of Leftist Front makes gains in French presidential race but François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy still likely to top polls. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the charismatic far-left firebrand whose anti-capitalist stance has seen him rise sharply in the French presidential polls, on Sunday told a vast Paris street rally that France…
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