UK PM David Cameron, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to avoid violence.
They also urged the Egyptian president to launch political reforms in the country.
Posts Tagged ‘President Nicolas Sarkozy’
French President Sarkozy arrives in India
December 4th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is on a four-day state visit to India from December 5-8, reached Bangalore on Saturday morning. In his four-day visit to India, Sarkozy will be accompanied by his wife Carla Bruni, seven of his key ministers and a business delegation. Defence, nuclear power and sustainable development will dominate the agenda [...]
Sarkozy reappoints prime minister
November 14th, 2010 |
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The political suspense in France is over, at least in part.
After months of speculation, Francois Fillon has been reappointed prime minister by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Chinese president in France on state visit
November 4th, 2010 |
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China’s President Hu Jintao has arrived in Paris at the start of a three-day state visit, RFE/RL reports. The Chinese president will later today hold talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who greeted him at Paris’ Orly Airport with military honors.
Nicolas “target of Greece parcels bombs”
November 1st, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy was among the intended recipients of four parcel bombs found in Athens on Monday, Greek police have said. One of the bombs, addressed to the Mexican embassy in Athens, exploded in the offices of a private courier company, injuring one employee.
“France won’t let terrorists dictate its policyâ€
October 29th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says France “doesn’t let anyone dictate its policies, and certainly not terrorists.”
The French president stated this after a European Union summit in Brussels and after al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden made threats against French authorities.
France: Controversial pension reform approved
October 23rd, 2010 |
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French MPs defied mass strikes, riots and fuel blockades on Friday to pass President Nicolas Sarkozy’s fiercely contested bill.
The bill was adopted by 177 votes to 153.
France: Strike chaos on roads
October 18th, 2010 |
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Lorry drivers have added their weight to the industrial mayhem gripping France by slowing down motorway traffic or by blocking key roads. After days of rail disruption, unions are putting on the pressure before Wednesday’s Senate vote on President Nicolas Sarkozy’s unpopular pension reforms. He is refusing to back down over a two-year retirement age hike, but so too are the unions.
French strike turnout disputed
October 12th, 2010 |
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The government and unions are disputing turnout in today’s general strike called to protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s pension reforms.
It has hit travellers the hardest. 50 percent of flights at Paris’ Orly have been cancelled, and 30 percent have been grounded at Charles de Gaulle airport.
Legal action against France’s Roma policy
September 30th, 2010 |
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The EC has decided to take legal action against France for its controversial practice of deporting Roma who are not French citizens to Romania and Bulgaria. Since July of this year, French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government has been implementing a crackdown on illegal travellers’ camps.
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 [...]
France to continue Roma expulsions
August 26th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will continue his controversial crackdown on Roma (gypsies). He was speaking at his first cabinet meeting after the summer break, amid growing questions over his leadership.
French soldiers killed in Afghanistan
August 23rd, 2010 |
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Two French soldiers were killed and three more have been wounded in fighting in Afghanistan, President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office has said. The deaths bring the total number of French soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 47.
12 Hottest Politicians’ Wives
July 29th, 2010 |
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With the power and authority of government office, you might imagine that hotties would be falling over themselves to get their hands on the great and good. In fact, that’s rarely the case – politics can be a dry, dry subject and it takes decades to get to the top. However, to test the rule, [...]
French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Cameo In Woody Allen’s “Midnight In Parisâ€
July 29th, 2010 |
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France’s First Lady, a former supermodel turned songstress, is making her acting debut, filming scenes this week in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris.The legendary lensman recruited Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, 42, for a bit part in his latest romantic last fall. Bruni-Sarkozy plays a museum director in the Owen Wilson-assisted film about an American family who travels [...]
France to shut illegal Roma camps
July 29th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered 300 illegal camps of travellers and Roma to be dismantled. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered 300 illegal camps of travellers and Roma to be dismantled.
Sarkozy to visit Serbia confirmed
July 15th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit Serbia, but the date has not yet been set, French Ambassador to Serbia Jean Francois Terral confirmed on Thursday. “The visit will be an opportunity to sign an agreement on strategic partnership and I am convinced that it will represent a strong encouragement for our bilateral relations,” Terral stated.
Bastille Day revolt over African role
July 14th, 2010 |
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A row has broken out in France over an invitation to troops from former African colonies to march in Bastille Day parades, euronews reports. 12 African leaders have also been invited to a lunch hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
French junior ministers resign over perks scandals
July 5th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has accepted the resignation of two of his junior ministers after separate spending scandals. The resignations from Alain Joyandet, state secretary for overseas development, and Christian Blanc, state secretary for the Greater Paris region, followed disclosures that both politicians had abused their office perks.
The week ahead
July 4th, 2010 |
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Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, visits Barack Obama in Washington
• ISRAEL’S prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, is set to travel to Washington for a meeting with Barack Obama on Tuesday July 6th. Mr Netanyahu’s previous date with America’s president at the beginning of June was postponed after Israeli forces killed nine people in a raid on a boat attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza in defiance of an Israeli blockade. Mr Obama will be keen to find a way to encourage Israeli and Palestinian leaders to begin direct talks again. Face-to-face negotiations were suspended in December 2008 after Israel’s deadly offensive against Gaza intended to stop rocket attacks from the territory. In a sign of a thawing of relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Ehud Barak, the country’s defence minister, said that he would shortly meet Salam Fayyad, the PA’s prime minister.
• THE lower house of France’s parliament begins debate on Tuesday July 6th over the controversial issue of banning women from wearing full Muslim veils in public before a vote likely to be held the following week. A burqa ban, which has the backing of President Nicolas Sarkozy, is also winning support in other parts of Europe. Belgium’s lower house has approved a similar measure and Spain Senate recently narrowly voted to impose a ban too. But the Council of Europe, an institution that oversees the human rights of Europeans, has voted unanimously to oppose any national bans on the burqa in EU countries. It also called on Switzerland to reverse its ban on the construction of minarets. …