All posts tagged "France"
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France seeks to unite UNESCO after US and Israel quit
Former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay has pledged to reform and strengthen the United Nations’ cultural organisation, after she was named as its new chief in a politically-charged contest. Azoulay
- Posted October 19, 2017
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Women Leaders Index Gender Equality Case Study: France
Every country has a different story to tell on women leaders in the civil service. Interviewing experts on the findings of our Women Leaders Index – which tracks the proportion
- Posted September 5, 2017
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Who is Emmanuel Macron? We profile the rising French presidential candidate
Emmanuel Macron, a late bloomer in France’s volatile presidential election, has unveiled a manifesto that combines elements of fiscal restraint and stimulus, deregulation and tighter rules on corruption, a clean-up
- Posted March 12, 2017
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Who is François Fillon? We profile the French presidential candidate of the centre-right
François Fillon, who appears likely to face the hard-right Front National’s Marine le Pen in the French presidential election run-off, won the centre-right Republicain party’s primary on a promise to
- Posted December 6, 2016
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What Brexit has meant for the UK civil service so far?
While Britain’s vote to leave the EU has had no immediate impact on Europeans living in the UK or Britons living in other EU nations, the referendum result has led
- Posted July 27, 2016
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Finding the exit: the future of UK-EU relations
What happens when an unknown prime minister ventures into the unknown? Matt Ross explores the options facing Britain’s new PM as she contemplates the unprecedented task of extracting an EU
- Posted July 21, 2016
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Brexit: UK government should try to win back officials from European Commission by offering ‘more than competitive pay’, committee says
Britain’s government should make “particularly strenuous efforts” to win back more than 1,000 UK nationals working for the European Commission by offering “more than competitive pay” to help with Brexit
- Posted July 13, 2016
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A guide to Brexit, part 1: how Britain voted to leave the EU
The UK has just made a monumental decision, leaving the rest of the world amazed, nonplussed and somewhat fearful. Here, Global Government Forum unpicks the implications of the country’s referendum decision
- Posted June 30, 2016
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A guide to Brexit, part 2: What’s the process for negotiating a British exit from the EU?
This is part 2 of our guide to Brexit. In this section we examine the ‘Article 50’ process for shaping a British exit, and explore the immediate aftermath of the UK’s
- Posted June 30, 2016
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A guide to Brexit, part 3: Who’ll run the negotiations?
This is part 3 of our guide to Brexit. In this section, we explore who’ll become the next UK prime minister, how they’ll manage events, and the prospects of a general election;
- Posted June 30, 2016