France

By Rob Wile Last May, French President Francois Hollande reorganized the Elysee to create a new position, the Minister of Transforming Productivity (in French, Ministère du Redressement Productif). The goal was to make French industry more competitive and efficient. Hollande named Arnaud Montebourg, a ...

Workers have fired flares and French police have sprayed tear gas in a standoff over layoffs at a French plant for U.S. tiremaker Goodyear. The protest Tuesday comes amid a slowdown in Europe's car industry that has hurt automakers and their suppliers across the continent. Tensions over layoffs in the industry ...

By Greg Keller PARIS (AP) -- Europe is failing its youth, and none more than its ethnic and religious minorities. As Europe slides back into recession, young graduates from the Class of 2012 across Europe are returning from their summer holidays and finding that even their hard-won university diplomas ...

(Reuters/With AOL Jobs) - France Telecom's former chief executive was charged as part of a probe into a slew of staff suicides after he reorganized the company. The lawyer for Didier Lombard told Bloomberg that he was officially charged with mental harassment. ...

The friendly giant of affordable, hard-to-pronounce furniture is currently under investigation in France for spying on workers and prying into the personal backgrounds of dissatisfied American customers. Two French unions filed complaints, charging that Ikea hired a private detective to snoop into secret police ...

By Greg Keller PARIS (AP) -- France's state-controlled nuclear giant Areva announced plans Tuesday to cut jobs and suspend projects around the world as part of a five-year turnaround plan, aimed at returning to profit after posting a massive financial loss in 2011. Areva's new chief executive Luc Oursel ...