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French Constitutional Council quashes 75% top-earner tax

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Ruling means socialist government must re-think the terms of its new 75% top income tax rate, currently applicable to individuals rather than households.

Pancake maker in hot water after revealing French minister's secret Afghan trip

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Defence minister's planned surprise New Year's Eve visit to Afghanistan is revealed in clumsy PR release by Breton firm supplying pancakes to troops.

Struggling French shipyard awarded 1bln-euro cruise liner contract

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The last remaining major French civil shipyard has won a contract of more than a billion euros to build a liner for a Miami-based cruise company.

Delors says UK should leave EU

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Former European Commission president Jacques Delors told German daily 'British are solely concerned about their economic interests'.

Falklands archives reveal Thatcher's mistrust of Mitterrand over arms for Argentina

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Official papers just released reveal tension between London and Paris during the Falklands War over French supplies to Argentina of Exocet missiles.

French, Italian economies send mixed messages

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The two large eurozone economies both post conflicting signs, with flickers of improvement tempered by steadily rising unemployment.

France stands aside from Central African Republic civil war

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President François Hollande makes plain that France will not defend Central African Republic’s government against advancing rebels.

France loses 30,000 more jobs in November

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Figures released Thursday show a rise in the French jobless rate for the nineteenth consecutive month, and the forecast is for worse to come.

IMF advises France to halt tax hikes and cut spending

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IMF says France would hurt economic activity with further tax hikes aimed at reaching 3% deficit target, which it predicts is already missed.

Protestors attack French embassy in Central African Republic

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France ups security for its citizens in the Central African Republic after its embassy was stoned by crowd demanding it help quash a rebellion.