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The week ahead: February 3rd 2012: A blast-off without the rip-off
MARIO MONTI visits Washington D.C., the Falcon 9 rocket is launched from Cape Canaveral, France's presidential election campaign heats up and America gears up for the Super Bowl(1)
Predictions for the French election: Election season has finally begun
François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy lead the polls in France, but Marine Le Pen and François Bayrou are not out of the race(0)
Fighter jets: Bomb bays to Delhi
India favours France’s Dassault(20)
France’s presidential election: Hey, big spender
The French state spends too much, and the presidential candidates should acknowledge it(43)
French politics: And they’re off
The presidential-election campaign gets under way(52)
Schumpeter: The coming retail boom
Europe’s dozy retailers are about to be rudely awoken(22)
The EU summit: A deal, but to what end?
Yet another EU summit ends with agreement, but the euro crisis is far from resolved(112)
France's presidential campaign: Sarkozy's German fixation
Nicolas Sarkozy looks admiringly across the Rhine(161)
The euro zone crisis: The export league
At least Europe is trying to export its way out of the mess(13)
Charlemagne: Hopeful or hopeless?
Europe struggles to find a strategy to grow out of its debt crisis(65)
The euro crisis: Angela Merkel would consider a euro-zone fiscal stimulus
A preview of a forthcoming interview with the German chancellor(11)
French parents: Non, non and non
Discipline and three-course meals(70)
Comparative parenting: Their way or le highway
Five things that French parents get right(8)
Charlemagne: And then there was one
Germany now stands alone. But its power may weaken the euro zone(334)
A French downgrade also downgrades Nicolas Sarkozy’s re-election chances(22)
France's presidential election: A nervous countdown, and not just for "Sarko"
In a rather obvious attempt to boost his fortunes, Mr Sarkozy today unveiled a €430m ($550m) back-to-jobs-and-growth package.(9)
Ratings downgrade: Average common denominator
If the euro zone stays together, the outcome might be a convergence play of a very different sort(21)
The euro zone crisis: France goes soft-core
S&P strips France of its AAA rating and downgrades eight other euro zone countries(439)
A French politician hopes a Napoleon theme park will pull in the tourists(42)
Rwandan history: Shifting the blame
A new investigation says the 1994 genocide was triggered by Hutus, not Tutsis(3)
Carrefour: Bread, cheese, new boss?
An ailing store needs fresh blood(5)
Focus: The Economist poll of forecasters
What our polls forecast for GDP growth and inflation this year(1)
Europe and Islam: Managing the future
Developing new policies is the key(53)
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