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Poised to take helm at ECB, French role model has talent for right place at right time
Alain Juppé only candidate who could defeat Marine Le Pen, study shows
For now, a left-wing candidate has little chance of getting to the second round
Violent protests in France raise questions over Euro 2016
Difficult to see how tournament can go ahead if strikes, protests and shortages continue
France faces ‘social and ethnic apartheid’ a decade after riots
Prime minister Manuel Valls warns of risk of ‘an explosion of our society’
French police on trial for negligence in deaths of young immigrants
Electrocution in 2005 of two immigrant teenagers led to major riots in Paris
French government survives vote of no confidence
Timid reform law comes at the cost of unity on the left
China welcomes Bertie Ahern, the ‘elder statesman’
Former taoiseach has created his own Asia Strategy
France struggles to take hordes of jobless youth under bloated administrative wing of the state
Schemes to target socially challenged areas with jobs seem to be having limited success
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