Airbus Makes Historic Deal with Lion Air
Airbus A320Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonwerner The “contract of the century” has been made, Productive Recovery Minister Arnaud Montebourg proclaimed on Monday, March 18. Airbus signed an...
View ArticleHollande’s Government Cautiously Moves Towards Pension Reform
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. Photo: afp.com/Patrick Kovarik In a televised presentation aired August 27, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced the planned reform of the pension system....
View ArticleDowngrade Sparks Criticism from Government and Rating Agency
Photo: Flickr.com/Funky Tee On November 8, for the second time in less than two years, Standard & Poor’s downgraded France’s sovereign debt rating to “AA with a stable outlook,” according to the...
View ArticleIs France as Unprepared for the Future as We Think?
From the Roman writers of old to Tony Soprano’s anxious musings in the pilot episode of The Sopranos, navel-gazing is as old as Western civilization itself. Even now, American students who take French...
View ArticleHollande in Holland
By Sarah Brown President Francois Hollande’s trip to the Netherlands last Monday marked the first time a French president has made an official visit to the country in 14 years. It was Hollande in...
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