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Turkish FM slams 'fascist' Netherlands from 'serene' France

Sun, 12 Mar 2017 16:49:59 +0100

Turkey's foreign minister said in France on Sunday that the Netherlands is the "capital of fascism", the day after he was barred from speaking in the country to promote a referendum at home.

Turkish foreign minister expected in France as Dutch rally row rages

Sun, 12 Mar 2017 11:43:21 +0100

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is expected in France on Sunday, French authorities said, as tensions rise over rallies abroad to help Ankara gain backing for a key vote.

French MP copy-pastes Wikipedia for new bill

Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:42:00 +0200

A French MP has been ridiculed after she was found to have copy-pasted large chunks of text from Wikipedia in her proposal for a new law. The bungling deputy even left in the index numbers.

Scandal forces another Hollande minister to quit

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:36:00 +0100

A junior French minister resigned on Friday as a scandal implicating him in the awarding of lucrative public contracts to members of his family hit President François Hollande's Socialist government with another bruising.

Zero growth 'doesn't matter': finance minister

Thu, 15 May 2014 12:06:00 +0200

New statistics out on Thursday showed France's moribund economy didn't grow at all in the first quarter of 2014. But not everyone is panicking. In fact the country's finance minister insisted, "It doesn't matter."

France asks media to hand over tax haven files

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:26:00 +0200

France's new budget minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Tuesday asked media organisations involved in a global "Offshore Leaks" probe on tax havens to hand over any evidence they have to the judiciary.

Junior minister wants to abolish prostitution

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:20:02 +0200

Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem wants to end prostitution in France and supports legislation that shifts the blame from prostitutes to clients.