Arnaud Montebourg

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  Dominique Strauss-Kahn Still Popular With French Voters Despite Scandals

  He lost his job over a rape allegation and had the sordid details of his sex life laid bare in a prostitution trial, but that is not enough to turn French voters against Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

• French President Francois Hollande Ejects Rebel Minister Arnaud Montebourg from Cabinet

  French President Francois Hollande on Monday called for a cabinet reshuffle, evicting from his government rebel leftist ministers who had argued for an economic policy U-turn away from budgetary rigour.

• French Government Resigns After Leftists Call for U-Turn

  French President Francois Hollande asked his prime minister on Monday to form a new government, looking to impose his will on the cabinet after rebel leftist ministers had called for an economic policy U-turn.

• French minister threatens trade curbs on ArcelorMittal

  France's industry minister said on Wednesday the European Union could extend tariffs on cut-price steel imports, a riposte to ArcelorMittal after the Indian steelmaker vowed to press ahead with plant closures and job cuts.

• French minister 'does not want Mittal in France'

  French Industrial Renewal Minister Arnaud Montebourg does not want steel giant ArcelorMittal in France anymore and is looking for an industrial partner with which to take the group's operations there over on a temporary basis, he said Monday in an interview.