ONE might say of Edith Cresson that her main mistake lay in coming to Brussels in the first place. Few among her admirers would call her a natural bureaucrat, or a natural diplomat, or a good “details ...

PARIS — The most biting assessment of Edith Cresson, France’s first female prime minister, comes not from Socialist Party rivals, political pundits or even the merciless public opinion polls. It comes ...

A young Albanian man has said he will appeal after his application for French citizenship was refused when he was unable to answer questions on Edith Cresson, Jules Ferry and the current education ...

The European Union's (EU) top court has found former French prime minister Edith Cresson guilty of favouritism when she was an EU official in the 1990s. But it has refused to heed calls to halve her ...

While the European press quickly dubbed France`s first woman prime minister Edith Cresson as the new ”Iron Lady,” the premier immediately departed from Britain`s Margaret Thatcher`s style in naming ...

BELGIUM: Belgian prosecutors have charged former French prime minister Mrs Edith Cresson with fraud over allegations which led to the collapse of the scandal-hit European Commission four years ago.

A Brussels court has dismissed a case against former French Prime Minister Edith Cresson on embezzlement charges due to lack … A Brussels court has dismissed a case against former French Prime ...