ECONOMY: France will achieve 4.5 billion euros in savings in 2017, in order to contain its public deficit below 3% of GDP … The Darmanin plan. In an interview in Le Parisien , the Minister of Public Accounts details its measures and actions to save 4.5 billion requested by the Court of Auditors not to exceed the […]
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The shooters follow one another, sharp and dry, under a blazing sun. For two days, the soldiers of the French army are training to handle their new weapon, an assault rifle not made in France. The uniforms, the helmets, the decor is French. Standing or lying down, troops adjust their weapon and fire bursts at targets at […]
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The summer sales began Wednesday for six weeks without the frenzy of the past in the stores, while the French are now accustomed to enjoying promotions throughout the year and as traders question the point of sales. This year, the bargain hunting spreads between the 28th June and the 8th August. Balances are the only time […]
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ECONOMY: A shudder that remains fragile due to the return of migratory pressure … In the tourism sector and economic activity are showing signs of recovery in Calais, an improvement that could be tarnished however by the return of migratory pressure observed recently. Since the break in October of the “Jungle”, business is gradually distributed to the trade […]
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The priority of Brexit negotiations is to protect jobs and growth, said Friday the British finance minister Philip Hammond, three days before to begin discussions with the EU. “As we begin the negotiations, my opinion, and I think the view of the majority of people in Britain, is that we must give priority to protecting […]
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After six days of strikes that have dried up several hundred service stations in France, the spokesman of the CGT federation of transport announced on Thursday morning that the supply of Fuel should resume on Thursday. Fabrice Michaud, spokesman of the CGT federation for transport, said Thursday morning that “the recovery” of labor in the fuel depots […]
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The CGT Transport, causing strikes and distrupting the transport of fuels for six days, welcomed on Wednesday “significant progress” and deemed possible the “lifting of the strike”. “We achieved significant progress” that could lead to “the lifting of the strike for the three-day Pentecost weekend,” told the press Jérôme Truth (CGT), after a meeting more than two hours at the […]
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The Minister of Transport, Elizabeth Borne, organizes this Wednesday a meeting with the unions of the drivers transporting hazardous materials in the heart of a social movement which leads to fuel shortages in Île-de-France. The government has confirmed that they have had discussions on Wednesday the trade unions to discuss the situation of the strike by […]
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Employees of road transport of hazardous materials (fuel, gas, chemicals …) begin their sixth day of strike for better recognition of the profession. Wednesday morning, more than 800 petrol stations were affected by the move, including 429 in total shortage. Truck drivers transporting hazardous materials (fuels, gas …) were beginning Wednesday in the Ile de France […]
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Employees of road transport of hazardous materials (fuel, gas, chemicals …) are required to stop work and strike on Friday, announced on Tuesday the CGT, which launches a “renewable” movement for better recognition of the profession. The strike, at the weekend of the Ascension, in particular affect the oil depots and thus, ultimately, petrol stations […]
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