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.

• France, ArcelorMittal reach deal on steel plant: PM

  French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that a deal had been reached with steel group ArcelorMittal and that a part of a plant that had been under the threat of closure would not be nationalised.

• ArcelorMittal and French government will try to save jobs

  The French government and steelmaker ArcelorMittal are aiming to clinch a deal to save jobs and avoid a temporary nationalisation of the company's Florange steelworks, government sources said on Friday as a midnight deadline neared.

• Lobbyist denounces 'scandalous' French plan for ArcelorMittal site

  A top French business lobbyist branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks as "scandalous" on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company's practices.

• French President urges Lakshmi Mittal to keep idle furnaces running: top 10 developments

  There seems to be a temporary truce in the ugly spat between ArcelorMittal, the worlds largest steel maker, and the French government over the closure of two blast furnaces in northeastern France, after French President Francois Hollande met Lakshmi Mittal, who heads the company, at his office in a bid to mend ties. President Hollande is seeking so...