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François Fillon

Type: Person

Name: François Fillon (Franois Fillon)

Title: Prime Minister (elected 17 May 2007)

Organization: Governement of France

Date of Birth: 04/03/1954

Place of Birth: Le Mans

Nationality: France

Fact Sheet: Biography for François Fillon

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 Documents

Thierry Henry's 'hand of frog' goal now an international incident

Here's a diplomatic incident that could keep the newly appointed EU president and his high representative busy for weeks: the row between France and Ireland over the handball by Thierry Henry on Wednesday night that booted Ireland out of the World Cup ... [First Post - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Thierry Henry, Henry's, Fédération Internationale de Football...

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

FAI counting on French goodwill

Football Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney has defended the decision to request a replay of last night's World Cup play-off against France and called on the French federation to agree in the interests of the integrity of the game.Thierry ... [Irish Times - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Martin Hansson, Fédération Internationale de Football..., Thierry Henry

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents

French minister breaks ranks with Sarkozy to call for World Cup replay

A senior French minister has reignited the diplomatic row surrounding Ireland's controversial defeat in the World Cup play-off by breaking ranks and suggesting Fifa should order the match to be replayed.Yesterday the prime ministers of both countries ... [Times Online - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Raymond Domenech, Fédération Internationale de Football..., Ireland

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Christine Lagarde

French minister urges Ireland re-match

AFPFinance Minister Christine Lagarde broke ranks with the French government on Friday and called for the Ireland-France World Cup playoff to be replayed because the French team clinched victory by cheating."I'm very happy that the (French) team is in ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Ireland, Fédération Internationale de Football..., Christine Lagarde

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Europe Haggles Over Filling Two Top Posts

BRUSSELS The European Union has spent eight years trying to modernize its rules and become a bigger global player. But now, facing a vote on Thursday to finally pick a slate of new and more powerful leaders, it is falling back on old-fashioned backroom ... [New York Times - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Foreign Policy, Lisbon Treaty, Labor Unions, Charles Kupchan, Bertelsmann Foundation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Eric Woerth

French PM To Reassure Mayors On Local Tax Reform

French mayors are attending a congress meeting in Paris to debate the highly controversial reform of local authorities and the equally contentious abolition of local business tax in France.Given that local business tax (la taxe professionnelle) is currently ... [Tax-News.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Taxes, Eric Woerth, Mayors' Association, Nicolas Sarkozy, France

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

WORLD CUP: FRENCH PREMIER HITS OUT AT EIRE

- The fight between France and Eire is becoming political after the highly disputed qualification to the World Cup of the Transalpine country. According to the French Prime Minister, Francois Fillon, the Irish goverment should not interfere in the decisions ... [AGI Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: François Fillon, Fédération Internationale de Football..., Brian Cowen

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

French PM Fillon to Taoiseach Cowen: Back off!!

The TimesFrench PM to Irish leader: keep out of Thierry Henry scandalIrelands anger at being denied a place at the World Cup finals by a blatant French handball threatened to provoke a diplomatic row yesterday when the prime ministers of both countries ... [Politics.ie - 11/20/2009]

Entities: François Fillon, Taoiseach, Brian Cowen

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

More French Doubt Sarkozy’s Leadership

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The number of people expressing a lack of confidence in the president’s leadership skills has risen in France, according to a poll by CSA published in Le Parisien. 55 per cent of respondents do not trust Nicolas Sarkozy, ... [Angus Reid Global Monitor - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Nicolas Sarkozy, François Fillon, Union for a Popular Movement, Angus Reid Global Monitor

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 9 Documents

LIVE REPORT: France vs Republic of Ireland

1959 GMT: France are in their traditional blue kit while the visiting Irish are in white shirts with green shorts.1959 GMT: The Irish players and fans belt out Soldiers Song - the French reply with a stirring rendition of Marseillaise and we're ready ... [France24 - Asia Pacific - 11/18/2009]

Entities: France, Ireland, François Fillon

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 2 Documents

French premier Francois Fillon ends Viet Nam visit

News Digest HA NOI - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon left the central city of Hue on Saturday evening, wrapping up his three-day official visit to Viet Nam, at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.Earlier, Fillon and his entourage called ... [Viet Nam News - 11/16/2009]

Entities: François Fillon, Vietnam, Ha Noi, Counter-Terrorism, Taliban Sanctions Committee

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 4 Documents

France wishes to further relations with Vietnam

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon expressed his country’s wish to further develop its traditional friendship and co-operation with Vietnam while meeting with Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Le Thanh Hai on November 13 as part of ... [NhanDan Online - 11/15/2009]

Entities: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, France, Government of France, François Fillon

Quotes

...What will be done will be done but leave me out of it please,' said Sarkozy, echoing the thoughts of his Prime Minister Francois Fillon. "france will obviously respect what the international federation will decide" Fillon told reporters earlier

FAI counting on French goodwill [Irish Times - 11/19/2009]

"neither the french government nor the irishirish government should interfere in the functioning of the international federation" said Mr Fillon

French Slap Down Irish After Hand of Gaul [Sky News - 11/19/2009]

...Brian Cowen had urged FIFA to decide to replay the play-off won in extra time by France with a goal which was clearly invalid due to a hand foul. "neither the french government nor the irish one should interfere in fifa's work" , said Fillon

WORLD CUP: FRENCH PREMIER HITS OUT AT EIRE [AGI Online - 11/19/2009]

Prime Minister Fillon has said, "we are not ruling out any line of reflection on any subject." Sarkozy tough on sex crimes Bildunterschrift: The debate on how to deal with sex offenders is a popular topic with French president Nicolas Sarkozy...

France debates mandating chemical castration [Deutsche Welle - 11/18/2009]

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