Posts tagged 'Francois Hollande'

Were Hollande and Merkel at the same summit?

Masa joined the FT in 2009 and has worked on a number of desks across the paper, including Companies, Markets and Comment. She spent much of 2010 in New York covering the US equity markets. But earlier this year she finally saw the light and moved to Alphaville.

She started her career in the investment banking division at Lehman Brothers in the summer of 2007, timing it perfectly with the beginning of the credit crunch.

She studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University.

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| Oct 19 2012 15:28 | Comment |

Listening to the comments of the various European leaders this morning, you’d be forgiven for thinking that they were attending different summits yesterday.

Francois Hollande, as quoted by the FT (emphasis ours):

The topic of this summit is not the fiscal union but the banking union, so the only decision that will be taken is to set up a banking union by the end of the year and especially the banking supervision.

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What Germany, France and van Rompuy want in a fiscal union (with optional caption competition)

Kate is FT AV’s Asia Correspondent. She joined FT Alphaville in mid-2011 after carrying out various roles in the FT’s London office since 2005: interactive editor, companies reporter, and founding editor of the FT’s Energy Source blog.

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| Oct 17 2012 08:55 | Comment |

We just had to highlight this excellent cut-out-and-keep guide, from today’s print FT, to the tussle over banking union, fiscal union, and debt mutualisation:

What Germany, Spain and France want ahead of Spanish bailout request/Brussels summit Oct 2012 -- FT graphic text by Peter Spiegel  Read more

The price of French patriotism? A 70% pay cut

Masa joined the FT in 2009 and has worked on a number of desks across the paper, including Companies, Markets and Comment. She spent much of 2010 in New York covering the US equity markets. But earlier this year she finally saw the light and moved to Alphaville.

She started her career in the investment banking division at Lehman Brothers in the summer of 2007, timing it perfectly with the beginning of the credit crunch.

She studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University.

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| May 31 2012 11:49 | Comment |

Spare a thought for the heads of French public companies who are having to dig deep and find their inner patriot after the new Socialist government issued guidelines limiting CEO pay to 20 times that of the lowest paid worker.

Just a day later Henri Proglio, chief executive at power group EDF, has apparently agreed to what amounts to a 70 per cent pay cut. He earned €1.6m last year – 65 times more than his lowest-paid worker. Read more

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| May 16 2012 10:21 | Comment |

This way to the Grexit, sir…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes French President Francois Hollande at the Chancellery hours after Hollande's inauguration in Paris on May 15, 2012 in Berlin. Source: Getty Images Read more

Merkel and Hollande: you say growth, I say austerity, let’s call the whole thing off

Masa joined the FT in 2009 and has worked on a number of desks across the paper, including Companies, Markets and Comment. She spent much of 2010 in New York covering the US equity markets. But earlier this year she finally saw the light and moved to Alphaville.

She started her career in the investment banking division at Lehman Brothers in the summer of 2007, timing it perfectly with the beginning of the credit crunch.

She studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University.

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| May 14 2012 17:25 | Comment |

Tuesday is a big day for France-German relations. Francois Hollande will be inaugurated president, and announce his choice of prime minister. Just hours later he’ll meet Angela Merkel, marking the genesis of a new portmanteau. Goodbye Merkozy! Hello Merd*!

While the relationship has had an inauspicious start, the signs are that it will go well, at least initially. Both leaders find themselves under pressure at home, but they need each other. Read more

Hollande win, Greek deadlock – the analysts react

Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.

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| May 07 2012 11:09 | Comment |

It’s a Bank Holiday Monday in the UK so analysis is pretty thin on the ground. But here’s the best of what we have so far. A quick recap: François Hollande won the French election, while the Greeks rejected the country’s main austerity focused parties, opening the country to political uncertainty.

From Kit Juckes at Societe Generale: Read more