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...The deal struck by the French and British leaders in the spectacular walled city in Brittany laid the groundwork for the EU’s embryonic security and defence policy....
...“I’m French,” he says (he’s from Brittany). “Why do I have to start a business elsewhere?”...
...Franco-Belgian bank Dexia emerged officially as one of the soundest financial institutions in Europe — only to collapse less than three months later....
...In the 1930s, Picasso and Miró both invoked the comically evil protagonist as a stand-in for Franco....
...Big tax rises at the start of his term sparked criticism from entrepreneurs and violent protests in Brittany....
...“Canal Plus is not nearly as Franco-centric as you would think,” says one Vivendi executive....
...to Nato and the Franco-British defence treaties....
...But the notion that Algeria was essentially no different from Brittany or Languedoc was a fiction....
...The deal is the first by the Washington-based private equity group’s European buy-out team since it agreed to buy Moncler, the Franco-Italian fashion house, in August 2008....
...In France – one of the most centralised countries in western Europe – the government has steadfastly and successfully resisted campaigns for autonomy that sometimes involved violence in both Brittany and...
...STMicroelectronics, the Franco-Italian chipmaker, said last month it would have a diagnostic chip on the market in the fourth quarter that could cut testing of bird flu to an hour....
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