The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French government hails cut in public deficit France's Socialist government on Thursday was cheered by the news the country's public deficit had been cut. Paris is under pressure from Brussels to bring its public finances under control. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150326/france-cheers-cut-in-public-deficit Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:37:05 +0100 france-cheers-cut-in-public-deficit French deficit to become biggest in eurozone The outlook for the struggling French economy looked even bleaker on Tuesday when Brussels predicted the country's public deficit would become the biggest in the eurozone by 2016, due to falling investment and poor economic growth. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141104/french-public-deficit-eurozone Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:18:00 +0100 french-public-deficit-eurozone French paper Libération to fire third of its workers The stalwart leftist daily in France, Libération, announced on Monday it will let go a third of its staff in an effort to keep the newspaper founded by Jean-Paul Satre from folding for good. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140915/a-third-of-workers-let-go-from-libration Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:08:00 +0200 a-third-of-workers-let-go-from-libration France to blow off EU debt limits until 2017 Setting the stage for a possible conflict with Brussels and Berlin, France said on Wednesday it's putting off deficit reduction targets for two years. The delay comes as France struggles with a flat economy and political instability. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140910/france-delay-deficit-limit-eu Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:56:00 +0200 france-delay-deficit-limit-eu France wants $48 million for lavish New York flat The latest casualty of France’s mammoth belt-tightening drive is its luxurious ambassador’s residence in the heart of New York City which has just been put on the market. It’ll only cost you a cool $48 million for the 18-room two story duplex. Take a look inside here. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140410/48-million-for-french-ambassadors-nyc-digs Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:55:00 +0200 48-million-for-french-ambassadors-nyc-digs Hollande steps in to save Bardot's elephants French President Francois Hollande has personally stepped in to prevent two elephants from being put down in the eastern city of Lyon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130114/hollande-steps-in-to-save-bardots-elephants Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:42:00 +0100 hollande-steps-in-to-save-bardots-elephants French drug company to cut 900 jobs French pharmaceutical group Sanofi said on Tuesday that it intends to shed 900 jobs in France by the end of 2015. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120925/french-drug-company-to-cut-900-jobs Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:37:00 +0200 french-drug-company-to-cut-900-jobs