French president Francois Hollande dissolved the government yesterday after open feuding among his cabinet over the country’s stagnant economy. 

The weekend suggestion from Simon Harris, the junior finance minister, that income tax should be cut adds momentum to statements made by senior cabinet ministers Michael Noonan and Simon Coveney. If that expectation is not met, then the political consequences will be severe.

French president Francois Hollande is dissolving the government after an open feud in Cabinet over the country’s economy.

French president Francois Hollande has approved a new Cabinet that includes his ex-companion Segolene Royal as minister of environment and energy.

French interior minister Manuel Valls insisted he stood by a controversial call for tens of thousands of ethnic Roma to be kicked out of the country.

A straight-talking US businessman has caused an international row by blasting the French work ethic.

French presidential front-runner François Hollande headed into the last round of his battle with Nicolas Sarkozy with both of the candidates threatened by the shadow of scandal.

France’s Socialists and sympathisers are choosing their nominee for next year’s presidential election – an expected showdown with embattled conservative president Nicolas Sarkozy.

FRENCH Socialist leaders Francois Hollande and Martine Aubry — bitter rivals despite coming from the same wing of their party — face a tight battle for the right to run against Nicolas Sarkozy.

A bid by the son of French president Nicolas Sarkozy for a plum job overseeing the country’s premier business district has sparked a huge row and accusations of nepotism.

FRENCH culture minister Frederic Mitterrand is facing calls for his sacking over a growing scandal involving an old admission that he had paid for sex with boys.

French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand is facing calls for his sacking over a growing scandal involving an old admission that he had paid for sex with boys.