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Fall of the French house of socialismOnce-mighty party looking at deep staff cuts and selling off its iconic HQ.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInSoci <a href=www.stanley-cups.de>stanley cup</a> alist supporters mark the 10th anniversary of Francois Mitterand s death at the party HQ in Paris in 2006 | Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty ImagesJune 16, 20174:04 am CETBy Nicholas Vinocur andQuentin Ari猫sPARIS 鈥?Sorry, Mr. Mitterrand. We failed you.That might be the gist of an apology from France Socialists today to their founding father, as the party of Michel Rocard, Lionel Jospin and Fran莽ois Hollande faces a kind of doomsday in 48 hours.Expected to lose more than 200 seats to President Emmanuel Macron centrist party in the runoff round聽of the parliamentary election Sunday, the Socialists are staring at a financial and political collapse that will be hard to shake off.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe loss of parliame <a href=www.stanleycups.it>stanley cup</a> ntary seats will automatically provoke聽a cliff-drop in public subsidies, with as much as 鈧?1 million set to go up in smoke. As much as half of the party 聽160-strong permanent staff face layoffs,聽with聽ano <a href=www.stanleycup.cz>stanley cup</a> ther 1,000 or so jobs that rely indirectly on party funding 鈥斅爌arliamentary assistants, local aides 鈥斅燼lso threatened, according to four people with direct knowledge of the party financial position.In a party known for factionalism, the聽human drama is sure to be explosive.聽But nothing captures the desperation of French socialism as much Aqkp Blinken: Greenland invasion is not going to happen
Row looms with US over cargo-jet leasingBRITISH cargo airlines are canvassing support from the European Commission for an initiative to open up the US market following the collapse of open skies ; negotiations between London and Washington.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInApril 12, 20005:00 pm CETBy Bruce BarnardThe UK and the US have agreed to restart talks in June in a bid to strike a bilateral air deal by the end of this year, but all efforts are being focused on passenger traffic, dashing hopes of a breakthrough on freight.The <a href=www.stanley-cups-uk.uk>stanley cup</a> cargo talks have stalled on Washington refusal to allow British charter airlines to hire their planes and crews to American carriers for flights within the US. Lo <a href=www.cup-stanley.es>stanley spain</a> ndon rebuf <a href=www.cup-stanley.co.uk>stanley thermos mug</a> fed an offer to allow such wet leasing ; on international routes, arguing that British carriers must have the same freedom in the US as their American rivals enjoy in the UK and Europe.The British Cargo Airline Alliance BCAA says intervention by the Commission may be the only way to break the deadlock as wet leasing, unlike traffic rights, is covered by EU regulations. The BCAA is also trying to win the support of other European cargo associations for its campaign and has already received backing from Luxembourg-based Cargolux, one of the world biggest scheduled all-cargo carriers.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe dispute is spilling beyond the US/UK talks just as the Union is trying to defuse a