Tag: Elizabeth Borne
Macron offers the French “new pact for work” after controversial pension reform
French President Emmanuel Macron Despite the protests, Macron still believes that pension reforms are necessary. (Photo: Reuters) Paris While Emmanuel Macron is trying to mend his relationship with the French…
Again nationwide protests against pension reform
Paris After the unsuccessful talks between the French trade unions and the government on the pension reform, strikes and protests against the project are once again taking place in France.…
Left trade union in France gets a boss for the first time
Sophie Binet The 41-year-old wants to “push back capitalism”. (Photo: CGT) Paris The French left-wing trade union CGT (Confédération Générale du Travail) caused a surprise on Friday: With Sophie Binet,…
What are the chances of a motion of no confidence in Macron’s government?
Paris France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire was confident: “There will be no majority to bring down the government,” he told the newspaper “Le Parisien”. But there is great uncertainty…
Macron pushes pension reform past Parliament – and risks political crisis
Paris The dispute over the pension reform has brought dramatic hours to French politicians. In the afternoon, President Emmanuel Macron finally decided to enact the law using a constitutional tweak…
French PM is Macron’s ‘shield’
Elizabeth Borne Borne comes from the Socialists and has to push through a reform that is criticized by the left. (Photo: via REUTERS) Paris Elisabeth Borne is not shaken, she…
French PM is Macron’s ‘shield’
Elizabeth Borne Borne comes from the Socialists and has to push through a reform that is criticized by the left. (Photo: via REUTERS) Paris Elisabeth Borne is not shaken, she…
France wants to tighten immigration and asylum laws
Elizabeth Borne “It is legitimate to say in migration policy who we want and can take in and who we don’t want and can’t take in.” (Photo: IMAGO/IP3press) Paris While…
Power cuts for up to 60 percent of the French possible
Nuclear power plant in Fessenheim France cannot currently meet its electricity needs on its own. (Photo: dpa) Paris The French government has drawn up an emergency plan for power supply…
How Chancellor Olaf Scholz isolating Germany in Europe
Emmanuel Macron, Giorgia Meloni, and Olaf Scholz All in agreement against Germany. Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Rome, Athens Actually, Élisabeth Borne was supposed to travel to Olaf Scholz at the end…
Germany and France are looking for an answer to US industrial subsidies
French Prime Minister Borne and Chancellor Scholz Germany and France insist on a level playing field for European companies. (Photo: IMAGO/Metodi Popov) Paris The visit of French Prime Minister Élisabeth…
Elisabeth Borne travels to Berlin
Paris President Emmanuel Macron will send his Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne to Berlin on Friday. The 61-year-old pays Chancellor Olaf Scholz her inaugural visit and meets Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck.…
Paris and Berlin are working on a better relationship
Good morning dear readers, if discord has crept into a relationship, you should quickly seek dialogue with your partner. Otherwise the bad mood grows into a rift, the rift into…
Exchange at points of conflict is in full swing
Economics Minister Bruno Le Maire (left) and Robert Habeck “First step of a new Franco-German commitment to advance European industrial policy.” (Photo: IMAGO/PanoramaC) Paris Germany and France are making further…
Federal government cuts funds for space travel – German companies protest
European Ariana rocket Germany wants to cut its contribution to the ESA space agency. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Space is becoming a top priority: According to industry representatives, Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
France is cautiously optimistic about the winter when it comes to electricity and gas
French nuclear power plant Cattenom The French network operator RTE rules out a total blackout in the country’s power supply in winter. (Photo: Paul-Langrock.de) Paris French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne…
France wants to complete the nationalization of the electricity company in the fall
Paris France is speeding up the nationalization of the heavily indebted electricity giant Électricité de France (EDF): At the end of September, the private shareholders of the group are to…
Inflation & debt: France puts together a billion-dollar package
Emmanuel Macron The French prime minister wants to keep his promise – and fight inflation. (Photo: dpa) Paris French President Emmanuel Macron had promised to make inflation concerns the first…
The complicated situation of the French President
Emmanuel Macron The French President’s appeals for cross-party cooperation have not borne fruit. (Photo: Reuters) Paris For a week, Emmanuel Macron floated away from the domestic political problems that have…
Finance Minister Le Maire wants to fight inflation with Berlin
Paris The federal government is keeping one of its most important contacts in Paris: Bruno Le Maire, who knows Germany well, will continue to head the Super Ministry for Finance…