On Sunday, habitants of the 6th canton (district of a town) of Nice will go to the polls to elect a new Conseiller Général (It’s kind of like a Local Councillor). This is a by-election, after the elected UMP candidate was disqualified for breaking the rules on funding. The area in question is Nice 6, [...]

Yesterday was the first official day a cut in VAT (TVA) came into effect. Having criticised Gordon Brown not so long ago over his handling of the British economy, President Sarkozy decided to follow suit an implement his own temporary tax cut. Neoliberal Sarko is now nowhere to be found, but then again, it IS [...]