Author: April Williams

Antoine Armand fears that fines imposed on automakers will “weaken investment” and “strengthen our Asian competitors”. French government to ask Brussels to postpone sanctions against European carmakers that fail to meet CO2 emissions targets in 2025, announced Antoine Armandthe French Minister of the Economy, in an interview with Echos published on Sunday. “We need to […]

The elected members of the Finance Committee are “having fun” with initiatives often proposed by the left. At the Finance Committee, it’s all about shaving the fat these days. Spending increases of 1 million here, 57 million there, 6 billion there, or sometimes even just… 1 euro are being adopted. After the revenue side of […]

Table service, room service, brunch, QR codes for ordering… France’s number-three player in the sector is revolutionizing its offering and completing its takeover of Dupont Restauration. The aim is to become market leader by 2030. Cream of parsnip soup for starters. Crispy chicken, cream of pea soup, roasted cauliflower and coleslaw to continue. Panna cotta […]

Civil Service Minister Guillaume Kasbarian said on Sunday that he was ready for “constructive social dialogue”. He will receive the unions next Thursday. Increasing the number of days of sick leave in the civil service continues to inflame debate. The measure, put forward by the French Civil service, Guillaume Kasbarianis still being debated in the […]

This Sunday morning, the French Minister for Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, sought to reassure the middle classes about their participation in reducing France’s public deficit. Still under study, the Finance Bill for 2025 is worrying taxpayers, who fear that they will have to contribute to containing France’s public deficit, which stands at 154 billion euros […]

DECRYPTAGE – Home delivery, gifts, packaging… Drug dealers no longer hesitate to use the marketing techniques usually seen in the legal trade to sell their products. A sign of the professionalization of drug trafficking in France. When the codes and know-how of the business world inspire the worst activities. Already marked by numerous transformations, such […]

Economy, health, education, environment… in almost all these areas Singapore is a very good performer, even top of the class. And, as is perhaps less well known, its performance in terms of urban planning and access to property is just as remarkable. For a country that is less than 60 years old and that started […]

Supply is overflowing, the public is not coming, and margins are collapsing, eaten away by inflation. The number 2 in the sector, Réside Etudes Senior, has filed for bankruptcy, and other players are also suffering. “ We lack everything. The situation is untenable. Priscilla Guider, deputy director of a residence for the elderly in Reims, […]

More than 400 women have accused the late Egyptian businessman, ex-owner of London luxury store Harrods, of sexual violence. Two of them have agreed to recount their ordeal. Since the broadcasting of a BBC documentary last September, hundreds of women accuse Mohamed Al-Fayed of sexual assault and rape. Among them, Jen (first name changed) and […]

At a time when some elected representatives are calling for a return to the taxe d’habitation, which will be abolished in 2023 for principal residences, the Minister for Partnership with the Territories and Decentralization has closed the door on this possibility. “There will be no return to the taxe d’habitation on principal residences”promised Catherine Vautrin, […]