Death penalty abolitionist Robert Badinter joins France's Pantheon heroes

Robert Badinter, the justice minister who ended the death penalty in 1981, was inducted into the Pantheon in Paris on ...

Robert Badinter's legacy: 'A courageous vision of political action'

NEWS ANALYSIS. A towering figure of the French left and a symbol of bygone intellectual authority, Robert Badinter is being ...
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Francois Hollande defeats Nicolas Sarkozy to become next president of France

Paris -- Socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president, heralding a change in how Europe tackles its debt crisis and how ...
Reuters

Newsmaker - France's Hollande, presidential race leader

PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande, who topped the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, promises to spare France harsh, Greek-style austerity and to refocus Europe on economic growth if ...
New Haven Register

France president-elect Hollande has full plate

PARIS (AP) -- In a whirlwind first day after winning the French presidency, Socialist Francois Hollande already has a to-do list that includes an invite to the White House, visits to the G-8 and NATO ...
The Economist

France’s François Hollande gives up on running for a second term

SINCE France’s fifth republic began in 1958, no president in good health has ever failed to stand for re-election. Yet last night that is what François Hollande decided to do. “I have served the ...
Reuters

France's Hollande, presidential race leader

PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande, who topped the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, promises to spare France harsh, Greek-style austerity and to refocus Europe on economic growth if ...