France's President Francois Hollande gives a news conference after the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fuelling tensions between Paris and Brussels and adding pressure on President Francois Hollande to be more assertive in Europe.
Successive Europe-wide polls show that disenchantment with the EU is rising fastest in France, a founder member whose battle to reform its ailing economy has now become the top preoccupation of the 27-nation bloc.
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