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April 24, 2017

European Union
France After the Election: What Next for Economic Policy in Europe?

French election results show Emmanuel Macron in first place with 23.9 percent of the vote and Marine Le Pen in second with 21.4 percent, setting the stage for a run-off election on May 7. Early polls…

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Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets

April 24, 2006

France spends, Germany saves

The FT's headline writers managed to summarize the Eurozone economy in four words.  And unlike much recent commentary, which is based on a pervasive but inaccurate perception that France isn't growin…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

May 7, 2012

Defense and Security
Hello, François Hollande: President of France

Streaks are made to be broken. After seventeen years on the outside looking in, a Socialist Party candidate has finally returned to the French presidency. François Hollande defeated Nicolas Sarkozy b…

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

October 21, 2016

Americas
This Week in Markets and Democracy: BRICS Fund Infrastructure, France’s Corruption Trial, UK Takes on Kleptocrats

BRICS Fund Infrastructure As commodity prices have plunged, global growth slowed, and geopolitical competition risen, the BRICS’ interests have diverged, making annual meetings of the five emerging …

Brazil's President Michel Temer, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Jacob Zuma pose for a group picture during BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit in Benaulim, in the western state of Goa, India, October 16, 2016 (Reuters/Danish Siddiqui).
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Development Channel

February 17, 2005

Can Germany learn something from France?

The good capitalists at Morgan Stanley seem to think so.Not all of old Europe has anemic domestic demand.French (and Spanish) domestic demand is doing just fine ... And new Europe (sort of) Italy, ru…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money