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	Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry (France) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry (Ministre de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie), or Minister of Finances for short, is one of the most prominent positions in the cabinet of France after the Prime Minister.
		The exact title of the minister has varied throughout time; it may not always include "economy" and "industry", but it always includes "Finances".
		The current Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry is Thierry Breton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ministry_of_the_Economy,_Finance_and_Industry_(France) (191 words)

	Finance minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Finance ministers are often found in state or provincial governments if that country has a form of federalism.
		In the United States, the finance minister is called the Secretary of the Treasury, though there is a separate Treasurer of the United States and it is the director of the Office of Management and Budget who drafts the budget.
		In the United Kingdom, the finance minister is called the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finance_Minister (301 words)

	In Peril: France's 3-D Industry by Georges Lacroix
		Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry and to Mrs.
		France, the pioneer in the invention of cinema thanks to the Lumière brothers, of special effects thanks to Georges Méliès, and of animation thanks to Emile Reynaud and Emile Cohl, can't ignore this prophesy.
		Industry professionals and the Union of Film and Animation Producers have undertaken a study about the contribution of new technology on animation and special effects, both on the level of content and form.
	www.awn.com /mag/issue3.2/3.2pages/3.2lacroixperileng.html (1258 words)

	Communiqué of the Ministers and Governors of the Group of Ten, 25 September 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the countries of the Group of Ten met in Washington, D.C. on 25 September 2005.
		Ministers and Governors discussed the implications for financial markets and economic policies of pension system reform in the context of ageing populations, on the basis of a report prepared by an experts group at the request of the G10 Deputies, which will be publicly available.
		Ministers and Governors recognised that changes in the age structure of populations will tend to have a bearing on the conduct of monetary policy over time, but did not see this as requiring specific policy interventions or changes in the monetary policy framework.
	www.oecd.org /document/22/0,2340,en_2649_37467_35405014_1_1_1_37467,00.html (664 words)

	France and the IMF -- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nicolas Sarkozy, Ministre d'Etat, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry
		Christodoulakis, Minister of Economy and Finance of Greece, in his capacity as Chairman of the EU Council of Economic and Finance Ministers, to the International Monetary and Financial Committee, April 12, 2003
		Thor Pedersen, Danish Minister of Finance, in his capacity as Chairman of the EU Council of Economic and Finance Ministers, to the International Monetary and Financial Committee, September 28, 2002
	www.imf.org /external/country/fra?type=30 (597 words)

	Embassy of France in the U.S. - Nicolas Sarkozy
		Embassy of France in the U.S. - Nicolas Sarkozy
		Nicolas Sarkozy became Minister for the Budget in 1993 and was Government Spokesman from March 1993 until July 1994.
		He was also acting Minister of Communication in the Balladur Government from January to April 1995.
	www.info-france-usa.org /atoz/bio/bio_sarkozy.asp (339 words)

	Communique of the Ministers and Governors of the Group of Ten
		The Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the countries of the Group of Ten met in Washington, D.C. on 3 October 2004.
		Ministers and Governors took note of reports from Sir Andrew Large, Chairman of the Deputies of the Group of Ten, John Taylor, Chairman of Working Party No. 3 of the OECD, Malcolm Knight, General Manager of the BIS and Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the IMF.
		The State Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industry of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, was elected Chairman of the Group of Ten for the coming year.
	www.bis.org /dcms/fd.jsp?p=1&uri=/press/p041004.htm (583 words)

	French Finance Minister Resigns \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 25.02.2005
		France's Finance Minister Herve Gaymard, accused of lying in a scandal over a flat paid for by the state, gave in to the pressure Friday and handed in his resignation.
		Supporters of the minister conceded that his behavior has gravely embarrassed the center-right government at a time when it is trying to preach a message of budget restraint, and when the problems of finding affordable accommodation are at the top of the public's concerns.
		The minister had earlier refused to resign -- describing himself as "as clean as a new penny" -- but insiders knew he was fighting for his political survival.
	www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1501589,00.html (607 words)

	Agency France Tresor : an introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As regards the amount of linkers in total issuance, Agency France Tresor was instructed by the French finance minister to keep a growing share of total issuance for index-linked instruments.
		He is postgraduate in Political Economy and is a former student of the Ecole Polytechique and Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA).
		The decree founding Agency France Tresor, was signed February 8, 2001 by the minister of the Economy, Finance & Industry.
	www.eubfn.com /arts/792_agencyfrance.htm (1095 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| French finance minister quits over luxury flat
		France's beleaguered finance minister resigned yesterday after further damaging claims about his family's living arrangements destroyed his political credibility his and support.
		The scandal broke at a time when France is suffering from a public deficit which violates EU rules, has 10% unemployment, and suffers widespread disillusionment with the political elite.
		Although he is a close friend of President Chirac, Mr Gaymard, whose full title was minister of economy, finance and industry, had become an embarrassment to the centre-right government.
	www.guardian.co.uk /france/story/0,11882,1425854,00.html (734 words)

	Iran, France stress economy and trade cooperation
		Commerce Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari, heading a trade delegation to France, met on Thursday with French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry Francis Mer, IRNA reported from Paris.
		Shairatmadari briefed the French economy minister on policies in lessening the role of government in the Iranian economy, ceding the state-owned enterprises to the private sector and other structural adjustments in the economy in the past several years.
		The group of Iranian industrialists is expected to represent different economic and industrial sectors, which deal with the technical, engineering, banking, insurance, steel, food, and hand-woven carpet industries as well as the information technology, exhibition, free trade and industrial zones, machinery, cosmetics, mineral, pharmaceutical, hospital equipment, marine and railway industries and vehicle related services.
	www.payvand.com /news/04/jan/1161.html (302 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Country analysis: France
		France is a founding member of the EU and a member of the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialized nations, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)/World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Energy Agency (IEA), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
		France's economy grew 1.8 % in 2001 and is estimated to have grown only 1.2 % in 2002, its lowest level since 1996.
		France is one of the most economically centralized countries in Europe, with a strong history of state ownership in the aviation, telecommunications, and energy industries.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nte31681.htm (4343 words)

	France Fights for its Pharma Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		France has one of the strictest pricing systems in Europe and government cost containment measures have been extremely unpopular with the industry.
		France remains one of the highest spending nations on pharmaceuticals and successive government have pursued cost containment policies as a means to drive down spending on pharmaceuticals.
		In an industry, where sales growth is often in the double digit range, the French industry’s figures have tended to be closer to the 8% mark and companies link this to government cost containment and taxation policies.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=10358 (1600 words)

	A Fact Sheet: France and ADB - ADB.org
		France is the fourth largest shareholder in ADB among 18 nonregional members.
		France has contributed to the Asian Development Fund (ADF), which is ADB’s window for concessional lending to its borrowing members, and to the Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF), which provides grants to borrowing members to help prepare projects and undertake technical or policy studies.
		The Honorable Thierry Breton, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, is the Governor for France in ADB.
	www.adb.org /Documents/Fact_Sheets/FRA.asp (1158 words)

	China/France - Communiqué issued by the Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Industry - French embassy - ...
		Building on the French Prime Minister’s visit to China from 21 to 24 April, he talked about what have been identified as the priority areas of Franco-Chinese cooperation in the energy sector (nuclear and conventional), transport (rail and air) and telecommunications.
		In the wake of the G7 finance ministers’ meeting in Washington (United States) on 15 and 16 April, he also talked about the economic and international situation and particularly monetary parities.
		As regards textiles, he particularly stressed to his interlocutor the importance France attaches to a sector which represents 2.5 million jobs in Europe and 7 million with the inclusion of the Mediterranean countries with which Europe has concluded association agreements.
	www.ambafrance-uk.org /article.php3?id_article=5896 (249 words)

	UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Economy Minister Confirms French Commitment to Protect Congo Forests
		Breton, French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry met with Mr.
		Doumba, Minister of Forest Economy, Water, Fisheries and National Parks, Mme Raonimarahy, UNESCO's representative in Gabon, and Mr.
		Financing for the 4-year project was approved in 2002 by the United Nation Foundation for an amount totaling US$6.6 million.
	whc.unesco.org /en/news/259 (289 words)

	GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS TWO-DAY HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE TO ASSESS PROGRESS IMPLEMENTING 2002 MONTERREY AGREEMENT ON ...
		He said the decision taken this month by the finance ministers of the Group of 8 to write off debt was encouraging. For too long, some of the world’s poorest countries had faced an unpalatable choice between serving their peoples and servicing their debt.
		ERROL CORT, Minister of Finance and Economy of
		RAFAEL CORREA, Minister of Economy and Finance of
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2005/ga10364.doc.htm (6872 words)

	France Country Analysis Brief
		With an estimated GDP of $1.4 trillion in 2002, France is the fifth-largest industrialized economy.
		France's economy grew 1.8% in 2001 and is estimated to have grown only 1.2% in 2002, its lowest level since 1996.
		France's electricity sector is dominated by the wholly state-owned utility company, Electricité de France (EdF), which produces, transports, and distributes over 95% of electricity in France.
	www.geni.org /globalenergy/library/national_energy_grid/france/FranceCountryAnalysisBrief.shtml (4431 words)

	Building Bridges in Ottawa: French Minister on Poverty - Global Policy Forum - Social and Economic Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial nations meeting in Ottawa today face a daunting challenge: how to help make the world safe by rescuing hundreds of millions of people from poverty.
		But boosting economic and social development calls for a comprehensive approach centred on three key actions: increasing the effectiveness of aid by focusing it on the poorest countries; encouraging growth with all instruments at our disposal; and tightening regulation of the unwanted side-effects of globalisation by means of good governance and better crisis prevention.
		The author is the French minister of the economy, finance and industry
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/inequal/2002/FrenchG80208.htm (849 words)

	CNN - French finance minister resigns over scandal - November 2, 1999
		PARIS (CNN) -- Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a pillar of France's leftist coalition, resigned Tuesday amid allegations that he received $100,000 for a fictitious job.
		Budget Minister Christian Sautter was named to replace Strauss-Kahn as minister for the economy, finance and industry, the French president's office said in a statement.
		The outgoing minister has been accused of taking payments from a student insurance organization for fictitious work between 1994 and 1996, before he assumed the finance post.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9911/02/french.minister.scandal.02/index.html (565 words)

	Shipping, shipbuilding, offshore news
		France's state owned naval shipbuilder and defense contractor DCN is to acquire the French naval businesses of Thales.
		The project is a continuation of a process that has included the formation of Armaris in 2002 and successful cooperation between Thales and DCN on a number French and export programmes.
		The two industrial partners stress that this operation is part of the consolidation of the naval defense sector in Europe.
	www.marinelog.com /DOCS/NEWSMMV/2005dec00153.html (430 words)

	Development Committee - By Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Francis Mer, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry, France
		Statement by H. Francis Mer, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, France
		Statement by Laurent Fabius, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry, France
	web.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DEVCOMMEXT/0,,Country:France~Title:France~menuPK:60001660~pagePK:64001141~piPK:64001192~theSitePK:277473,00.html (165 words)

	Checkbiotech.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In addition, the Minister publicly stated that she was in favor of expanding research and open field testing of biotech crops.
		She considered the current number of biotech test plots (approximately 40) in France to be insignificant compared to what it was prior to the 1999 EU moratorium (over 1,000).
		In France, the recent EU decision of Agricultural and Environmental MinisterCouncils, reached respectively on Nov. 28 and Dec. 9 on biotech labeling and traceability, were overwhelmingly welcomed by representatives of the food, feed and seed industries, distributors and consumers.
	www.checkbiotech.org /root/index.cfm?fuseaction=newsletter&topic_id=1&subtopic_id=8&doc_id=4438 (1106 words)

	Article by M. Thierry Breton, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, published in the “Financial ...
		The future of a business of this size is of crucial economic, industrial and social importance and has to be taken into consideration by any government whose duty is to promote national growth.
		The French minister of the economy is an obvious stakeholder and therefore entitled to ensure that further developments take into account the interests in his care.
		No one should confuse the legitimate interest of a public stakeholder with any form of protectionism, whether in Britain or France, which are both widely open to foreign investors.
	www.ambafrance-uk.org /article.php3?id_article=6840 (779 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Pre-G8 development assessment at U.N.
		UNITED NATIONS, June 28 (UPI) -- Finance ministers and similar high-ranking officials or their representatives have been taking the pulse of progress in the U.N. General Assembly following the 2002 international development summit in Monterrey, Mexico, and on the threshold of the Group of Eight Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, July 6 -8.
		Annan called the decision earlier this month by the G8 finance ministers to write off debt of some developing countries "very encouraging," and noted the European Union had agreed to a clear timetable for reaching the 0.7 percent of gross domestic product target for official development assistance by 2015.
		France's Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry, Thierry Breton, said his nation, Brazil, Chile and Germany were calling for the rapid implementation of a pilot "solidarity levy based on airline tickets."
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqSdlqeidDw4Tzgv2zwXVCg1LBNq (859 words)

	Iran is France's primary trade partner in Mideast, French minister
		The initiative by the three European foreign minister of France, Germany and Britain in their visit to Tehran was a victory of sorts for the two sides and can be the best of guarantees for France.
		He further thanked the Iranian economy minister in providing the grounds for participation of the French companies in Quake-devastated city of Bam.
		The seminar was attended by Loos, Iranian Minister of Economy and Finance Safdar Hosseini featuring more than 100 French industrial and financial cooperation.
	www.payvand.com /news/04/oct/1126.html (428 words)

	ITworld.com - Microsoft plans joint research center with French gov't
		The company is discussing the creation of further centers with research organizations in France, Germany and the U.K., it said at the time.
		Those discussions appear to be reaching fruition in France, where the company is planning the creation of a joint research center with INRIA, the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, according to sources at the company and at the institute.
		Microsoft CEO Ballmer, the French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry, Thierry Breton, and the French Minister of Research, François d'Aubert, will cross paths at a number of press conferences that day.
	www.itworld.com /Tech/4535/050422msfrench/pfindex.html (464 words)

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