Pierre Briancon

Poll rout could end Hollande's French reform push

Greece is creating room for deal with Eurozone

Russian central bank chooses banks over rouble

Europe returns to Franco-German axis of neurosis

In a small corner of Europe, hope for the euro

Ukraine crisis forced into suspended animation

Greece tries risky step to dispel uncertainty

Areva holders pay for years of state blunders

Total's Margerie may need two successors

Oligarch arrest shows Russia back to siege economy

EU will find Russian sanctions worth the pain

Yukos ruling casts Russia further into the cold

Sarkozy probe latest sign of sick French politics

Investors beware: France will get more erratic

Siemens offers Alstom a real alternative

Ukraine bailout can work if politics are fixed

Russia good place to start for DSK's macro fund

EU's Crimea sanctions only good as opening gambit

Talk of Russian asset freeze is empty rhetoric

Ukraine, the bailout Europe cannot shirk