Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy (pronounced [ni.kɔ.la saʁ.kɔ.zi] ( listen), born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa; 28 January 1955) is the 23rd and ... More »
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French Government, Europe Captured By Junk Science on GMOs, Say Expert Scientists
Nicolas Sarkozy ’s agriculture minister admitted at the time that there was no hard evidence that maize posed any harm, but pushed for the ban regardless, characterizing it as a “precautionary measure.” Fifteen months later, no evidence has been presented to justify the ban. And in a ... Read more »
'Use Me' IMF Chief Christine Lagarde Wrote to Nicolas Sarkozy
By Gianluca Mezzofiore | June 18, 2013 8:28 PM EST IMF chief Christine Lagarde urged former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to "use her" for his economic and political policies, in a hand-written letter found by officers searching her Paris home during the Bernard Tapie investigation. ... Read more »
François Hollande gears up to overhaul French pensions system
In 2010, the rightwing Nicolas Sarkozy's pensions reform, which included raising the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62, was passed only after millions took to the streets, oil refineries were blockaded, high schools, universities and even the Louvre museum were picketed as fuel ... Read more »
French probe catches Lagarde's former top aide
The court decided not to place her under formal investigation over her role in the decision to pay 285 million euros to settle a claim from businessman Bernard Tapie, a supporter of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Lagarde, who said she acted in the interest of the state and ... Read more »
French police clear gypsy camp in new crackdown against illegal immigrants
We just don’t have the means to deal with this kind of situation.’ This game of human ‘ping-pong’ began under the previous president, Nicolas Sarkozy, who ordered the ejection of around 9,000 gypsies, only for many of them to return. He introduced the deportation crackdown in 2010 after ... Read more »
A Wider View of India's Foreign Policy Reveals Clear Strategy
In just one two-month period in late 2010, India received President Barack Obama of the United States, then-President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, then-Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China and then-President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia. Consistency in pursuing India’s primary objectives has ... Read more »
Erdoğan accuses EU members of hypocrisy over Turkey protests
He explicitly blamed France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy for the lack of progress and unfair obstacles shoved in Ankara's way by several EU players. Most of the European leaders in power a decade ago were no longer in power, he added, pointing out: "I'm the only one who is still ... Read more »
Ex-lovers to fight for presidency of France: Mother of Francois Hollande's four children tipped to t...
They split in 2007 after he had an affair and leading socialist politician Ms Royal, pictured left, is now tipped to challenge him for the presidency Ms Royal was the Socialist candidate for the presidency in 2007, but was beaten by the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy. The notoriously ... Read more »
Former Sarkozy aide Guéant received 250,000 euros intended for police
Guéant received the money between 2002 and 2004 when he ran the office of then interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy. Guéant himself became interior minister in 2011. Guéant's associates maintain the money he received was not used for his own personal enrichment but used instead to pay ... Read more »
France's Hollande plays safe on pension reform
A 2008 reform under predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy that winds down such privileges was sufficient, he argued. Moreover, there will be no move to align arrangements for calculating public sector pensions with private sector ones. That is a hot potato in France because state workers' pensions ... Read more »
Russia’s First Couple Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin Divorces (VIDEOS & PHOTOS)
A few years ago, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy divorced his wife Cecilia and married retired supermodel and singer Carla Bruni. With the Putin separation, Businessweek said it makes the president an eligible bachelor and even published photos of Mr Putin's so-called badass ... Read more »
Depardieu: Never mind Russia, it’s France that’s “almost Bolshevik”
Although his predecessor, the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy, increased the standard pension age to 62 from 60 in 2010, the government says it is imperative to consider new changes. Without revision, the retirement of waves of baby boomers, combined with the increase in life expectancy... Read more »
Pimping charges against Strauss-Kahn likely to be dropped in Lille Carlton Affair
As it was, Strauss-Kahn's fall from grace cleared the way for party insider Francois Hollande to claim the nomination and he went on to defeat the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy. Strauss-Kahn subsequently separated from his third wife, Anne Sinclair, a former television journalist and a ... Read more »
After sour years, is French influence on the rise in West Africa?
French President François Hollande has continued much of what is known as the "Françafrique" policy of his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy. That means Paris has pushed its nexus of interests directly into the business of its former African colonies, despite their independence. From the ... Read more »
Anti-Immigration Parties Drive European Conservatives to Fringe
The party was able to highlight what it considers an Islamic challenge to France’s culture and secular traditions and forced President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservatives to raise their own anti-immigration rhetoric in order to lure right wing voters during the second round of the ... Read more »
