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# francois-hollande - Saturday 18 May, 2013
‘Marriage for all’ in France as Hollande signs a bill and makes it law
The legislation also legalises gay adoption.
Poll: France has legalised gay marriage, would you welcome it in Ireland today?
French President Francois Hollande has signed gay marriage into law today, making it the 14th country to do so.
# francois-hollande - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
France wants to tax iPads and iPhones to fund the arts
A report commissioned by the French government has suggested that a four per cent tax could be imposed on the sale of smartphones and tablets to fund artistic and creative ventures.
# francois-hollande - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
France to approve gay marriage but debate to rumble on
The bill to legalise same-sex marriage is expected to be comfortably carried, which will make France the 14th country in the world to legalise marriage equality.
# francois-hollande - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Protesters in final bid to block French gay marriage law
Today’s protest comes just two days ahead of a decisive parliamentary vote that would make France the 14th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.
# francois-hollande - Thursday 11 April, 2013
French ex-minister ‘has to move every two days to escape pressure’
Jerome Cahuzac, who has been charged with tax fraud over an offshore bank account, says he can’t stay in one place for long.
# francois-hollande - Thursday 28 February, 2013
Hollande believes there could be a ‘political solution’ on Syria in weeks
Hollande reaffirmed that France, like other Western powers, was calling for Assad to step down.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning. Here are nine things to know as you start your day.
# francois-hollande - Saturday 23 February, 2013
UPDATE: Horsemeat containing harmful drug ‘entered food chain’ in France
Meanwhile, French President Francois Hollande has called for compulsory labelling and traceability of meat in processed foods in Europe.
# francois-hollande - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Seven French holidaymakers kidnapped in Cameroon
A family of French citizens, including four children, have been kidnapped by a Nigerian terrorist group suspected to be Boko Haram.
In pictures: Michael D Higgins meets President Hollande in Paris
Lovely weather they’re having in France….
# francois-hollande - Monday 18 February, 2013
Hello Mr President, I’m the President: Michael D begins French visit
Michael D Higgins met with French president Francois Hollande, and launched an exhibition of the work of Eileen Gray.
President Higgins begins three-day Paris trip
The President will meet with his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, later today.
# francois-hollande - Thursday 7 February, 2013
‘It might be a late night’: EU leaders bunker down for budget talks
European Council president Herman van Rompuy hasn’t yet found common ground on a seven-year EU Budget.
# francois-hollande - Saturday 2 February, 2013
French president makes trip to Mali city of Timbuktu
Francois Hollande was greeted with chants of ‘Thank You, France.’
# francois-hollande - Friday 1 February, 2013
Google and French news websites reach agreement over the news
Google will set up a €60 million fund to help French newspapers develop online projects – but won’t stop indexing content from French news sites.
# francois-hollande - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
French teachers strike over plans to work 5-day week
In other news, we think we want to become teachers and move to France.
French, German leaders seek unity to fete 50 years’ ties
The two countries sought to paper-over tensions from the euro crisis when their leaders kicked off events marking 50 years of post-war reconciliation.
# francois-hollande - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
Orange makes Google pay for using its mobile network
The Orange CEO said they had been able to reach a “balance of forces” with the search giant.
# francois-hollande - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
# francois-hollande - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Depardieu granted Russian citizenship after fleeing French tax hike
Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to the French actor, who has criticised a 75pc tax rate.
# francois-hollande - Sunday 30 December, 2012
Football stars avoid French plan for 75% income tax
Footballers earning over €1m, like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, would have lost a heft chunk of their weekly wage.
# francois-hollande - Saturday 29 December, 2012
French court rejects 75 per cent tax rate for millionaires
The move is a blow for French president Francois Hollande who had made the planned 75 per cent tax rate his centrepiece tax measure.
# francois-hollande - Thursday 20 December, 2012
French president recognises France’s ‘brutal’ rule of Algeria
Franois Hollande said Algeria was subjected to “a profoundly unjust and brutal system” for over a century.
# francois-hollande - Friday 14 December, 2012
Deal on Irish bank debt ‘can be reached before 2014’ – Kenny
The Taoiseach says discussions on the help Ireland can receive from the ESM can continue before a new banking supervisor is set up.
EU leaders repeat aim of splitting bank and sovereign debts
Ahead of Day 2 of a two-day summit, EU leaders say a deal on a new banking regulator is “a major qualitative step”.
# francois-hollande - Monday 10 December, 2012
Pics: European Union collects the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Taoiseach Enda Kenny was among the great and the good at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital today to mark the awarding of the prize to the bloc.
# francois-hollande - Saturday 3 November, 2012
French minister with Irish links says Hollande supports bank debt deal
Hélène Conway-Mouret, who lived in Ireland for 30 years, says that the actions of French president Francois Hollande have helped softened Germany’s view on Ireland’s legacy bank debt.
# francois-hollande - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
Taoiseach coy on content of telephone chat with Angela Merkel
“Surely you don’t expect me to tell what questions I had for the Chancellor, or what questions the Chancellor had for me.”
Junior Minister: Bank debt deal negotiations best done in private
Brian Hayes said that outlining Ireland’s negotiating position in public would not be “very clever from the country’s perspective.
# francois-hollande - Monday 22 October, 2012
French president Hollande: Ireland’s bailout is ‘a special case’
Francois Hollande echoes Angela Merkel’s comments – saying Ireland differs from other countries because the bailout was forced on us.
Enda in Europe: next up, Paris.
The Taoiseach is to meet French President Francois Hollande and attend a large food fair to promote Irish produce.
# francois-hollande - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Bonjour Monsieur le Président: Bono (and Bill Gates) meet Francois Hollande
The three discussed poverty and development at a meeting at the Élysée Palace today.
# francois-hollande - Friday 28 September, 2012
France introduces 75 per cent income tax rate for millionaires
France unveiled the toughest package of tax rises and spending cuts ever seen in the country during an economic downturn.
# francois-hollande - Saturday 22 September, 2012
Hollande and Merkel buddy up for anniversary talks as Euro, EADS loom
The European leaders met today to mark the seminal 1962 speech made by Charles de Gaulle famed for opening a new chapter in relations between France and Germany.
# francois-hollande - Monday 10 September, 2012
France’s richest man to sue paper which told him to ‘get lost’
Bernard Arnault has created controversy with news that he is to become a Belgian citizen but he says he will continue to comply with French taxes which are set to rise for millionaires.
# francois-hollande - Saturday 8 September, 2012
Paul McCartney receives France’s highest honour
He even live-tweeted the whole thing…
# francois-hollande - Thursday 6 September, 2012
The Evening Fix… now with added superheroes
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
French president vows to find killers of British family
The Franch president Francois Hollande today vowed to ‘do everything’ to find the killers.
# francois-hollande - Monday 27 August, 2012
John Galliano stripped of France’s highest honour over racism conviction
Francois Hollande has stripped Galliano of the Légion d’Honneur after he was filmed directing racist abuse towards two strangers last year.
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