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Le Figaro

http://www.lefigaro.fr

Paris
Language : French
Circulation : 336,939

http://www.lefigaro.fr
Language : French

Founded in 1828, it is the oldest French daily. Firmly established as a conservative paper, Le Figaro, says The Irish Times, is to Nicolas Sarkozy what Pravda was to the Soviet Politburo. Owned by Dassault, a major civil and military aeronautics group, it is particularly appreciated for its international coverage and its salmon coloured section covering economic news.

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Greece | Time for painful changes

While Europe's 27 member states meet in Brussels to attempt to save the Greek economy, workers have taken to the streets of Athens to protest against a package of austerity measures announced by the government. But in a country where tax fraud is rampant, people will have to accept painful changes if the state is to remain viable.

Published on 11 Feb 2010 | Le Figaro

CO2 | Toxic farming

A report on carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes in the European Union shows that greenhouse gases produced by agriculture are in excess of ecosystem absorption capacity. Le Figaro highlights the inherent dangers of intensive agriculture.

Published on 23 Nov 2009 | Le Figaro

Immigration | Double vision on the immigrant issue

The recent drowning in the Mediterranean of 73 Eritrean migrants has highlighted the need for a new European immigration policy. In the course of its mandate at the helm of the European Union, Sweden is planning to harmonize national legislation on asylum rights.

Published on 26 Aug 2009 | Le Figaro

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One of the most consistently informative and entertaining blogs about the European Union has to be Jean Quatremer’s Coulisses de Bruxelles.

Losing Angela in translation

When presseurop.eu was launched in May last year, one of its guiding mottos was Umberto Eco’s “The future of Europe is translation.” But sometimes I’m inclined to think that the future of Europe is lost in translation. I recently checked a statement by Angela Merkel concerning the CD-rom nabbed by HSBC supergrass Hervé Falciani containing data on Germans who have siphoned off their money to Switzerland in order to avoid taxes back home.

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