Open Europe’s findings on the size of Commissioners’ pensions and salaries is covered in Le Monde and Le Figaro. Le Monde notes that Commission President Jose Barroso is paid more than Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Gordon Brown and Barack Obama. A Commission spokesperson is quoted saying, “It is completely wrong to talk about golden parachutes”, and the paper notes that t...

I make Le Monde! Well, OK, Le Monde Global’s blog. And they break the first rule of publicity by spelling my name wrong. But they do take the argument further (in fact, it’s very much the one which The Englishman made) and make a very good point. Le tri des déchets peut être fait de façon efficace

This site is maintained by leading French newspaper Le Monde. It was created to provide coverage of the 2008 American presidential elections. It includes access to news stories; analysis and opinion polls from the newspaper. Other features of the site include a full list of candidates with biographical information and links to their manifestos; reader discussion forums; lists of key dates; blogs f...

Greece yesterday joined Ireland in offering unlimited guarantees to savings in domestic banks, deepening Europe's dispute over how to protect the banking sector. The front page of Le Monde reports on divisions within Europe over the idea of a 300bn euro pan-EU bailout fund for banks.

In an article in El País Jean-Marie Colombani, former Editor of Le Monde, has criticised the Lisbon Treaty for making the EU more complex, regarding the combination of the full-time EU President and rotating EU Presidency for member states. He writes, “What a strange thing, this two-headed presidency!” He continues, “Put ourselves in the place of European citizens, who wer...

I am sure you will have read about "bossnapping." It all started in France, to coin a phrase, and it basically reduces to workers trying to extract concessions by holding their bosses hostage. Apparently it has spread to a few other European countries, and also Belgium. The Euro-media, such as Le Monde, seem to approve of such radical action by "the workers".  However I have a few points...

Is, as regulars might have guessed, France. Opinion Way, for Le Monde, has found that "If the French had voted in mid-September in the first round of a Presidential election, 13% would have voted for the revolutionary postman [Olivier Besancenot of the LCR]. Notwithstanding whoever was the Socialist party candidate". Put in context, he received 4% in 2007, and PCF Tankie George Marchais scored 15%...

Anyone who was moved by recent reports of moves towards greater Anglo-French naval co-operation may enjoy an alternative perspective from Le Monde today, which points out the rather urgent French need for some sort of aircraft carrier capacity when the Charles-de-Gaulle is out of service. And far be it from me to speculate, but is there just a touch of jealousy in Le Monde's observations about the...

This website is maintained by French newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique. It provides access to a collection of articles and analysis relating to India which have been published since 2005. They include coverage of international relations, international security; the war against terrorism; terrorist attacks in India, Islam and politics in the region; relations with Pakistan and the nuclear weapons con...

This site was created by leading French daily newspaper Le Monde to provide coverage of the 2009 European elections from a French perspective. In addition to news stories and analysis from the newspaper, it also includes invited blog postings from political analysts, audio and video clips of political interviews and debates. These mainly emphasise the role of French parties and candidates in the e...