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Foreign GDP powers ahead

13.11.09
The British economy looked ever more moribund today after fresh evidence that our peers on the continent are reviving while we remain mired in recession ... more

French cut the cost of eating out

28.04.09
French ministers were holding talks with restaurant industry chiefs on plans to cut VAT in a campaign to lower the cost of eating out... more

ECB chief says G-20 deal can restore confidence

03.04.09
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the world leaders' call for a regulatory overhaul of the financial system was "everything we need to restore confidence"... more

France bans bonuses for bailed-out bosses

30.03.09
The French government became the first in the world to ban or limit bosses of bailed-out companies from receiving bonuses... more

Dior, bling, bikinis – Nicolas Sarkozy picks his cabinet

27.03.09
France's height-challenged president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has chosen yet another glamour girl to join his harem (sorry, cabinet). Christine Kelly, 39, a former television presenter who also happens to look great in a bikini, has been made Minister for Overseas Territories. ... more

French financiers go home to £6,000 a month benefits

18.02.09
French traders are fleeing financial chaos in London to return home to unemployment benefits of more than £70,000 a year in some cases... more

Dark time for Europe as recession deepens

13.02.09
Economics: Europe is bracing itself for a deep and prolonged recession after figures showed the German and French economies in sharp decline... more

France steers ECB toward sharp action

02.12.08
The global nature of the economic crisis is underlined as France calls for deep rate cuts in Europe following similar moves in Australia... more

Trader held over losses at French bank

29.10.08
Suspected rogue trader arrested in France over the loss of €751 million at savings bank Caisse d'Epargne... more

European banks need £56bn to boost capital, says Merrill

20.10.08
European banks will have to raise at least another £56.3 billion to boost their capital reserves, a major report predicts... more

We won't let banks go bust, pledge Europe ministers

07.10.08
EU finance ministers have pledged to prevent any major European bank from going bust and announced a new minimum savings guarantee that will protect depositors across the Continent... more

Europe leaders are called to crisis summit in Paris

02.10.08
Deep divisions have opened in Europe over how to tackle the credit crisis... more

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