NEWLY NAMED MINISTERS ARRIVE AT ELYSEE PALACE
France's Junior Minister for Public Policy Eric Besson arrives at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris on May 18, 2007. (UPI Photo/William Alix)
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The case for the production of shale natural gas using hydraulic fracturing isn't necessarily closed in France, the economy minister said from Paris.
France is willing to release oil from its strategic reserves to help tamp down the soaring world price of crude oil, Energy Minister Eric Besson says.
Washington has asked Paris to join the United States and Britain in mulling tapping oil reserves to ease rising gasoline prices, France's energy minister said.
French Industry Minister Eric Besson said leaks of corporate secrets at automaker Renault were the equivalent of an "economic war."
Cabinet members at the center of France's deportation policy on Roma -- or gypsies -- have rejected criticism from the European Union justice commissioner.
The European Union is ready to take Paris to court following claims that French police targeted Roma gypsies, an EU justice official said.
France will still deport Roma despite the European Union's call for deportations to stop, French Immigration Minister Eric Besson said.
A French government minister says his country's policy of deporting gypsies has been mischaracterized and subjected to "grotesque" attacks.
The government of France says it plans to fly some 700 Roma back to their country of origin by the end of August.
France's decision to close makeshift settlements housing undocumented foreigners in Calais is a dangerous one for the immigrants, the United Nations says.
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