"There are two topics that are extraordinarily interesting as reasons for reflection today, and that is distance and slowness — which are not, between you and me“We had the tsunami. Right: A foosball table now covered in plastic to in the ongoing battle against the coronavirus | Photos by Elisa Braun/POLITICOEven in Bercy’s well-oiled machine, the gloomy prospects of a post-coronavirus era have eroded the troops’ morale. Country has avoided the worst of COVID-19 but economy is suffering and politicians are already gearing up for 2022 election.Sputnik V is a sophisticated shot of biotechnology. If you do not have a login you can He was worried that France’s economic trajectory — still not fully recovered from the Yellow Jacket movement and a wave of strikes over a proposed pension reform — would suddenly deteriorate.He was worried about his personal prospects, how they too could suddenly take a turn for the worse. "That loss of ease of travel, he said, could have harmful implications when it comes to governing, especially at the EU level.

"I've had this dream several times now where I've been deprived of my freedom," said one finance ministry official. The Putin critic was rushed to hospital on Thursday after a suspected poisoning. "We put ourselves at risk by not reestablishing the distances between the worlds on the planet we inhabit," he added. Bruno Le Maire (born 15 April 1969) is a French politician and former diplomat serving as Minister of the Economy and Finance since 2017. Bercy remains a top-down organization. Recent CCTV footage shows police restraining man, who later died in custody.The Russian anti-corruption crusader was organizing a challenge to the Kremlin when he was allegedly poisoned.An air ambulance landed in Siberia to take Alexei Navalny to Berlin for treatment. "And then there is the slowness," he said. We’ll still be fighting after.Politicians on both sides of the aisle reacted with furor to the statue’s removal.Christophe Girard resigned last month over his ties with pedophile writer Gabriel Matzneff.The rise of remote working puts an end to the debate, Svenja Schulze says. Demonstrations are not directed against Moscow or other powers, rebel envoy says.From A-level grades to the Rees-Mogg conga, the UK government keeps backpedaling.The Royal Household’s announcement comes after weeks of silence on his whereabouts. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. | François Mori/AFP via Getty ImagesStatements like that haven’t stopped French commentators from speculating that the finance minister has his eyes on a higher office — if and when Macron decides to replace Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.Le Maire’s relentless media presence has done little to quell the rumors.Since the crisis began on March 1, Le Maire has given at least 18 radio and television interviews on prime time and shared 51 pictures on Instagram, including The minister also has a team of international press advisers, who send him daily reports on how France's actions are perceived in other EU countries. We need to be together. Bruno Le Maire is married to painter Pauline Doussau de Bazignan who is the mother of his four sons.After leaving the ÉNA in 1998, Bruno Le Maire found a job in the Following several roles in Government including one working directly with Dominique de Villepin, Le Maire was chosen to be political advisor to the Prime Minister. Politics and policymaking in the UK capital.A weekly newsletter on campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the EU.Florian Eder’s must-read briefing on what's driving the day in Brussels.Politicians from the Irish commissioner’s party have already been punished over Galway dinner.Enrico Letta told an event on multilateralism that the EU could move faster post-Brexit.EU and UK remain a long way apart, making a September deal unlikely.Event forced resignation of Irish agriculture minister over concerns it broke COVID guidelines.Country has avoided the worst of COVID-19 but economy is suffering and politicians are already gearing up for 2022 election.Log in to access content and manage your profile. “He's all alone and he's a bit hesitant about what he's going to be able to do.”POLITICO was granted access to the minister and his entourage during two days in late April and mid-May as Le Maire was preparing to do battle — in France, against the devastation being wrought by the coronavirus, and in Europe, as he and French President Emmanuel Macron worked to close a deal on a pan-European response to the crisis.What emerged was a portrait of a man — and an institution — struggling to counter the unprecedented economic impact of an unexpected pandemic, and painfully aware that whatever measures are put in place, they are unlikely to be enough.A chemically pure product of France’s elite education for top-level public servants, Le Maire has served as a diplomat, a political adviser, the secretary of state for European affairs and the minister for agriculture under former President Nicolas Sarkozy — who used to call him “Baby Bruno,” a swipe at a perceived rival.