Nicholas Vinocur

Germany fears revolution if Europe scraps welfare model

August 24, 2021 at 3:42 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned on Tuesday that failure to win the battle against youth unemployment could tear Europe apart, and dropping the continent's welfare model...

French soldier’s stabbing could be act of terrorism: minister

August 24, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - The stabbing of a French soldier near Paris by a man who is still on the run bore the hallmarks of Islamist terrorism, the interior minister said...

French government says anti-gay marriage violence must stop

May 14, 2019 at 4:37 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande's government called on Thursday for an end to violent protests against a same-sex marriage bill being debated in parliament, warning those behind a...

French government says anti-gay marriage violence must stop

August 24, 2021 at 7:47 a.m.

Ex-French minister says “lied to self” over Swiss bank account

August 24, 2021 at 7:41 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - A former French minister who quit after admitting he had a secret foreign bank account appealed for forgiveness on Tuesday, saying on TV he had made a...

France’s Hollande hits companies with 75 percent wealth tax

August 24, 2021 at 6:44 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande declared on Thursday that companies would have to pay a 75 percent tax on salaries over a million euros after his plan for...

Iranian dissident group is viable opposition: U.S. congressmen

August 24, 2021 at 4:28 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - Four U.S. congressmen met an Iranian dissident leader on Sunday and urged President Barack Obama to treat her group as an alternative to Tehran's government, four months...

French government mediator to broker Peugeot plant conflict

August 24, 2021 at 4:17 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government named a mediator on Thursday to broker talks at Peugeot's Aulnay plant as tensions worsened between workers willing to accept terms of the carmaker's...

Showdown at Peugeot plant as strike splits workers

August 24, 2021 at 3:50 a.m.

AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France (Reuters) - For workers on the assembly line at Peugeot's doomed Aulnay plant near Paris, starting their shift has become a daily test of nerves. Entering a factory...

French employers say draft labor accord unacceptable

August 22, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - French employers will reject moves to overhaul rigid labor rules unless unions drop demands to tax short-term contracts more heavily than long-term ones, their leader said on...

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