ONE might say of Edith Cresson that her main mistake lay in coming to Brussels in the first place. Few among her admirers would call her a natural bureaucrat, or a natural diplomat, or a good “details ...

Even by British tabloid standards, The Sun had a succulent headline: BRITS BLAST POOFTER JIBE BY MRS. FROG. And the woman in question was not just any Francaise. She was the new prime minister, Edith ...

Former prime minister Edith Cresson on Sunday hit out at the sexism rife in the upper echelons of the French political system as speculation mounted that President Emmanuel Macron is set to name a ...

It's a lovely summer evening, and 15 million French citizens have gathered around their television sets to watch the daily "Bebete Show," a scathing, Muppet-like takeoff on French politics. The latest ...

BRUSSELS: Former European commissioner and French prime minister Edith Cresson was guilty of "favouritism" and should lose half her EU pension, a judge has recommended, writes Jamie Smyth in Brussels ...

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Edith Cresson’s political career might have collapsed in 1999, when revelations that the then research commissioner had awarded lucrative contracts to her dentist sparked the resignation of the entire ...

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The idea that Cresson's turmoil is part of an anti-French plot is far out: first, because in France nobody cares anymore about Mrs Cresson political career; and second because too much has already ...

The EU's top court has ruled that Edith Cresson, the former European commissioner and French prime minister, violated her official duties. However, the court did not impose a penalty on Ms Cresson, 72 ...

Europe's highest court ruled yesterday that Edith Cresson, the former EU commissioner, acted improperly in hiring her dentist as a top scientific adviser but should keep her £30,000 a year pension ...