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French government launches budget talks over growing deficit
France's new ministers for finance and public accounts are meeting with top MPs to kick off talks aimed at getting a 2025 ...
Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya’s Gadhafi
Sarkozy faces charges of passive corruption, illegal campaign financing, concealment of embezzlement of public funds and ...
Former French president to stand trial over alleged illegal campaign funding
The so-called ‘Libyan case’, the biggest and possibly most shocking of several scandals involving Sarkozy, is scheduled to ...
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French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial accused of taking funds from Muammar Gaddafi
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. The ...
China’s top diplomat heads to Africa as West’s attention dwindles
China has ramped up its financial support for the debt-laden continent and looks to strike more critical minerals deals and find markets to absorb its exports.
France signals fewer spending cuts and tax rises ahead of budget talks
The new French government has signalled it is willing to push for fewer spending cuts and tax increases in fraught budget talks with parliamentary groups that toppled the previous cabinet over ...