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- French minister denies under age sex
- Frédéric Mitterrand , French culture minister was at the centre of a political storm yesterday over admissions that he paid for sex with "boys" in Thailand.The revelations resurfaced after Mr Mitterrand expressed support for Roman Polanski , the film director and confessed child abuser, who was arrested in Switzerland...
- External links 2009-10-08
- Darling Warns EU on Regulation
- By Keith WeirLONDON (Reuters UK) - The government has warned its EU partners not to stifle the City of London's financial services industry with excessive regulation, responding to concerns that France will push for tighter rules at its expense.A group representing Britain's bankers also accused French President Nicolas Sarkozy of...
- News items 2009-12-02
- GDP: Out, Joie de Vivre: In
- I've been so wrapped up in the preparation for the one-year anniversary of the financial melt-down, that I've blown off working out, physical therapy appointments and my friends . This is not a great revelation--we're all working harder than ever, which is why I was drawn to a story this...
- Blog posts 2009-09-18
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- MEP CRITICAL OF SARKOZY MEDIA CIRCUS.(Martin Schulz opinion on the media coverage of Nicolas Sarkozy's life)(Brief article)
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's private life is dominating the European news to the detriment of fundamental political debates, declared German MEP Martin Schulz in Strasbourg on 15 January. The Socialist leader at the European Parliament considers "worrying" the fact that Sarkozy is at the centre of...
- Research articles 2008-02-04
- INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS : FRANCE'S NEW PRESIDENT SARKOZY BRANDISHES HIS SIMPLIFIED TREATY.(Nicolas Sarkozy)
- "Tonight, France is back in Europe!" said Nicolas Sarkozy, on the evening of 6 May in Paris, just after he had been elected president of the French Republic with 53.06% of votes. the former interior minister and former leader of the centre right French Union for...
- Research articles 2007-05-25
- During the course of a state visit to China by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on 24-27 November
- * During the course of a state visit to China by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on 24-27 November, Airbus signed an MoU with the National Development and Reform Commission NDRC to formalise the commitment of allocating five per cent of the A350XWB airframe to the Chinese aviation industry. According to...
- Research articles 2007-12-22
- Sarkozy tax cuts lure 'French Elvis' back from Swiss exile
- PARIS AFP — Veteran rocker Johnny Hallyday, France's answer to Elvis, will return from tax exile in Switzerland now that his tax-cutting friend Nicolas Sarkozy has been elected president, his wife said Tuesday. "Nicolas Sarkozy's policies will certainly lead us to come back to France," Laetitia Hallyday told RTL...
- Research articles 2007-05-08
- Easy-going US town takes expected Sarkozy visit in stride
- WOLFEBORO, United States AFP — Residents of this leafy lakeside town are readying a laid-back welcome for France's hard-charging new president Nicolas Sarkozy, who was expected here for a summer holiday. Officials from the White House to the town hall refused to publicly confirm reports that Sarkozy had chosen...
- Research articles 2007-08-03
- Sarkozy, French campaigners agree on green summit
- PARIS AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new environment superminister met Monday with leading green campaigners to hammer out plans for a major conference on France's environmental strategy. Sarkozy and Alain Juppe, a former prime minister appointed Friday to lead a powerful new ministry for sustainable development,...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- Clooney, Sarkozy rub shoulders on best-dressed list
- NEW YORK AFP — Nicolas Sarkozy, the newly elected president of France, is now rubbing well-tailored shoulders with Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney, at least among this year's Vanity Fair best-dressed list. "Nicolas Sarkozy is a world-class dresser. He's dashing, manly and romantic, with a very appealing sense of humor...
- Research articles 2007-07-30
- 'We never lied' about our marriage: Cecilia Sarkozy
- PARIS AFP — Cecilia Sarkozy said she and her former husband French President Nicolas Sarkozy had never lied about their marriage, in an interview that appears Saturday in the weekly magazine Elle. "I always acted and thought for my family and wasn't calculating. Nicolas and I never lied. We...
- Research articles 2007-10-19
- Sarkozy threatened to beat me up, says former French minister
- PARIS AFP — A former French minister who has turned against his party's presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy recounts in a new book that Sarkozy once threatened to "smash" his face in. Sarkozy on Friday rejected the accusation by Azouz Begag as a "shameless lie" and in turn accused Begag...
- Research articles 2007-04-06
- Sarkozy, France's financial 'Zidane', goes for growth with justice
- PARIS AFP ? The new French Economy, Finance and Industry minister Nicolas Sarkozy said that he would focus on growth, employment and a spirit of justice. Sarkozy, described by the French employers' leader as the "Zidane" of French politics in reference to the key player in the French football...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- France's Sarkozy unchallenged in presidential bid
- PARIS AFP — Nicolas Sarkozy, France's ambitious interior minister who hopes to succeed President Jacques Chirac in elections next year, is the sole candidate for the ruling UMP party's nomination, a spokesman has said. Sarkozy's candidacy was the only one received by the end of a party deadline Sunday, making...
- Research articles 2006-12-31
- Sarkozy pulls ahead of Royal in latest poll
- PARIS AFP — Right-wing hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy pulled ahead of Socialist candidate Segolene Royal in France's latest presidential opinion poll, taken after Sarkozy was nominated at a triumphant party congress at the weekend. According to the IFOP poll for Paris-Match magazine, in the event of a second round decider between...
- Research articles 2007-01-16
- France's Sarkozy brushes off far-right jab at immigrant roots
- PARIS AFP — French presidential frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday brushed off remarks from far-right rival Jean-Marie Le Pen who said Sarkozy's immigrant roots should be a factor for voters who head to the polls in less than two weeks. The leader of the far-right National Front at the...
- Research articles 2007-04-10
- Sarkozy and Royal to fight French presidency run-off
- PARIS AFP — French voters eager for change on Sunday swept rightwinger Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist Segolene Royal into the runoff for the presidency. With the first round of the election attracting a near record turnout, Sarkozy got around 30 percent of the vote, according to projections, followed by...
- Research articles 2007-04-21
- The market or the state: Sarkozy, Royal offer differing economic approaches
- PARIS AFP — The two contenders for the French presidency say the work ethic is vital to boosting growth and jobs, but while right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy prefers market-driven measures Socialist Segolene Royal favours state intervention. With 8.4 percent of the French workforce out of a job, measures to stimulate...
- Research articles 2007-04-23
- Sarkozy champions simplified treaty to overcome EU's crisis
- BRUSSELS AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday championed the idea of a "simplified treaty" for the European Union, which European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said was gaining support. Sarkozy, visiting Brussels for the first time since taking power, told a press conference that the idea of...
- Research articles 2007-05-23
- Sarkozy discusses climate change, Iraq with McCain
- PARIS AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday met with US Senator John McCain, one of the main contenders for the 2008 Republican nomination, and discussed a raft of issues including climate change and Iraq. The Arizona senator met Sarkozy during a stopover in Paris before heading on to...
- Research articles 2007-07-05
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