A minor blast claimed by left-wing activists came early in the day of Nicolas Sarkozy’s euro rallying call in Davos, Switzerland, reports euronews. The group against the gathering of global elites on a website said communism must overturn the dictatorship of capital.
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Obamas will not be invited to Prince Williamâ€s wedding
December 17th, 2010 |
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In a break from tradition, US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are unlikely to be on the guest list when Prince William marries Kate Middleton next year. Royal sources revealed on Thursday that the President and his wife are not among the congregation, as the royal wedding is not classed as a ‘state [...]
‘Most-hated’ French Prez Sarkozy ‘worried about being assassinated’
November 1st, 2010 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy has revealed his fear that he could be assassinated after becoming the most hated French president in more than 50 years. The country has erupted in strikes and protests since he proposed saving cash by increasing the retirement age from 60 to 62. The change has now been voted into law by MPs. [...]
EU unity battered in Roma row
September 17th, 2010 |
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Unity in the EU took a battering with reports of “violent” exchanges between France and the EC – and claim and counter-claim between France and Germany. The summit was dominated by the French expulsion of Roma people, believed by the Commission to be discriminatory. French president Nicolas Sarkozy claimed Germany is about to follow suit.
Sarkozyâ€s office accused of using counter-intelligence service to muzzle French press
September 14th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused by one of the country’s most prominent newspapers, Le Monde, of illegally using the counter-intelligence service for spying on its journalists and stopping leaks about an investigation into the finances of France”s richest woman. According to The Telegraph, the paper is filing a lawsuit for “violation of the [...]
Sarkozy honours Olivia de Havilland
September 10th, 2010 |
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”Gone With The Wind” actress Olivia de Havilland has been awarded the Legion of Honour by the president of France. The 94-year-old Oscar-winning actress looked radiant as Nicolas Sarkozy pinned on the insignia of the chevalier, or knight, of the Legion of Honour at the presidential palace, reports the Mirror. Sarkozy told de Havilland “you [...]
Sarkozy denies rift with Merkel over euro
May 21st, 2010 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy has denied that he is at odds with Angela Merkel over the eurozone crisis. He spoke after a meeting in Paris with the new British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose country is not in the euro.
Controlling health-care costs: Another American way
April 29th, 2010 |
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The success of Kaiser Permanente, an integrated American health-care firm, offers lessons for insurers and hospitals at home and abroad
ON A recent trip to America, Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s president, could not resist the temptation to needle his hosts. Just before the visit his American counterpart, Barack Obama, had secured Congressional approval of a plan for a dramatic expansion of the country’s health-insurance market. Observing that America is the only wealthy country to lack universal health coverage, Mr Sarkozy sniffed: “Welcome to the club of states who don’t turn their back on the sick and the poor.”
Europeans have long thumbed their noses at America’s bloated health-care system. It is true that parts of it are convoluted, cruel and much too costly. But Sir Richard Feachem, a health expert and the former boss of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, argues that such a view ignores “nuggets of good practice”. The best such nugget, he reckons, is Kaiser Permanente (KP), a not-for-profit health insurer and hospital chain which last year took in $2 billion more than the $40 billion it spent. …
France won’t give up nuclear weapons: Sarkozy
April 13th, 2010 |
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France will not give up its nuclear weapons because doing so would jeopardise the country’s “security and safety”, President Nicolas Sarkozy has said.
“A virtual world where there would be no nuclear weapons… everyone would applaud that, but I cannot jeopardise the security and safety of my country,” Xinhua quoted Sarkozy as saying on the sidelines [...]
Police to investigate blog over Sarkozy affair rumours
April 8th, 2010 |
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French police have launched an investigation to trace the bloggers behind the rumours that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni were involved in relationships outside their marriage.
The news came a day after French president’s chief communications adviser, Pierre Charon, suggested Sarkozy could have fallen foul of a “sort of organised plot with financial [...]
Sarkozy infidelity rumor – conspiracy?
April 5th, 2010 |
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An adviser to the French president says that rumors concerning the private lives of the president and his wife could have been the result of a conspiracy. The rumors that both Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, had lovers were published in early March on a blog posted by the respected weekly Le Journal du Dimanche and subsequently picked up by news publications around the world.
Woody Allen replaces Carla Bruni with Marion Cotillard in his new film
April 5th, 2010 |
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Filmmaker Woody Allen has replaced French First Lady Carla Bruni with Marion Cotillard in his new film.
Allen had last year said that Bruni would be the “natural” choice to star in his forthcoming flick, set in France, describing her as “wonderful”.
However, earlier this year rumour mills went into overdrive around Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy’s [...]
Nicolas Sarkozy carries lectern to stand tall during keynote speech!
March 31st, 2010 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy has finally found a way to stand tall – the 5ft 5in French President carried a custom-built wooden stand with him as he flew to the US to make a keynote speech.
The lectern was specially designed to make Sarkozy “look authoritative and statesman-like†when he spoke before academics and students at Columbia [...]
Sarkozy vows to ban the burqa
March 24th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Wednesday to introduce a law to ban the burqa in France, saying that the all-body Islamic veil was an insult to women.
The declaration was part of a major policy speech intended as a response to his party’s defeat in Sunday’s regional elections, which has shaken his position and worried his [...]
First round knock-down
March 15th, 2010 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy’s party takes a battering in France’s regional elections
HE MAY have steeled himself for a poor result in the first round of French regional elections, held on Sunday March 14th. But the outcome for France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, must nonetheless have felt crushing. Polls had suggested that his ruling UMP party would be neck-and-neck at this point with the opposition Socialists. Instead, the Socialists bagged fully 30%, with the UMP trailing at 26%. At the second round vote next Sunday, Mr Sarkozy can now hope at best simply to hold on to Alsace and Corsica, the only two regions out of 22 in France which the UMP governs. At worst, he might even lose both.
In a poll marked by the lowest turnout since France’s regions were created in 1986, Mr Sarkozy’s party did manage to come out top in several places, such as Champagne-Ardennes, Ile-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur (PACA) and Rhone-Alpes. But the two-round voting system allows any party with at least 10% of the poll to go forward to a run-off. This is likely to help the Socialists more than it will the UMP. Their friends, Europe Ecologie, the rising stars of the French left, secured a handy 13%. …
Swiss peaks and slippery slopes
February 2nd, 2010 |
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Morality was on the menu at this year’s Davos summit
BANKER-BASHING and worries about the inability of the world’s systems of governance to tackle increasingly pressing global problems were the underlying themes of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), held last week in Davos. The best attempt at setting a more positive agenda for reform, albeit delivered in a speech that struck many in the audience as eccentric, came from Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, who called for a more “moral” form of capitalism. While everybody seemed to agree with that broad goal, there was little agreement on how to get there.
Davos is usually a time for contrarian thinking by the business leaders, politicians, academics and social entrepreneurs who gather there. This year seemed only to confirm pre-existing trends. The economic recovery will be slow in the rich world. Solving problems such as climate change and poverty remains fiendishly difficult. The emerging economies are bouncing back strongly. Technology is the most upbeat industry, banking the least. Here are the highlights from this year’s forum: …
Renault and meddling politicians: Attempted carjack
January 21st, 2010 |
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The French government tries to grab the wheel at Renault
IN AN off-message moment in front of journalists on January 15th, Christian Estrosi, France’s industry minister, asserted that he and the president, Nicolas Sarkozy, make industrial decisions for Renault, a carmaker. Mr Estrosi was quickly put back on message, but Renault was furious.
The row had been sparked by a report that Renault was considering moving production of a future version of the Clio, its popular small car, from France to Turkey. The government ordered Renault to halt any such plans and summoned its chief executive, Carlos Ghosn, and chief operating officer, Patrick Pelata, to the Elysee Palace, Mr Sarkozy’s official residence, on January 16th. The European Union’s competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, threatened to take action over what could have been a breach of EU competition rules. …