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  • July 2008

    • France Bids Adieu to 35-Hour Work Week

      newser  |  Reuters  |  8 hours, 29 minutes ago

      France Bids Adieu to 35-Hour Work Week

      The French parliament has passed landmark legislation eliminating the 35-hour cap on the work week, Reuters reports. President Nicolas Sarkozy has long blamed the short week for France's economic struggles. Most employees work longer, but accumulate overtime pay or vacation days for the extra hours. Tens of thousands of French workers demonstrated against the reform last month. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • labor unions  • French economy

    • Sarkozy 's Reform Bill Passes By a Hair

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 22, 08 9:25 AM CDT

      Sarkozy 's Reform Bill Passes By a Hair

      French President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed the passing yesterday of a constitutional reform, fulfilling a key campaign pledge. The overhaul of parliamentary and executive powers passed in the assembly and senate by a single vote, capturing 539 votes when it needed 538, the BBC reports. The opposition says the change will solidify France as a "monocracy" for Sarkozy. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • constitution  • executive power  • political reform

    • Barack: Don't Tell Europe What It Wants to Hear

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 21, 08 7:51 AM CDT

      Barack: Don't Tell Europe What It Wants to Hear

      The vast majority of Europeans are hoping Barack Obama will be elected president, according to polls that give him as much as 86% support among voters in France, Britain, and Germany. The overwhelming support reflects a hope for a new era of unity with the US, writes Roger Cohen in the New York Times . But Obama mustn't succumb to the temptation, Cohen warns, to ofter more than he can deliver. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Iraq  • Israel  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Germany  • Europe  • Syria  • European allies

    • Sarkozy Puts France on Speed

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 17, 08 8:05 AM CDT

      Sarkozy Puts France on Speed

      His love life may be distracting and his poll ratings may be low, but Nicolas Sarkozy is "a tonic to his country and the most important European leader of his time," writes New York Times columnist Roger Cohen. In just 14 months the French president has led a sea change in foreign policy with the US, Israel, NATO, and North Africa. And on the domestic front, the former bedrock of Old Europe is now "on amphetamines." More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • European Union  • Europe  • French politics  • French president

    • New Mediterranean Union Eyes Mideast Peace

      newser  |  AFP  |  Jul 14, 08 7:15 AM CDT

      New Mediterranean Union Eyes Mideast Peace

      The inaugural meeting yesterday of the Union of the Mediterranean, which brought together the 27 EU countries and their neighbors to the south, kicked off discussions about a number of mutual projects. But French President Nicolas Sarkozy used it as an opportunity to flex some diplomatic muscle by bringing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad out of isolation and by hosting a sit-down between Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. More »

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      Israel  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Ehud Olmert  • Syria  • Lebanon  • Egypt  • Arab Israeli conflict  • Hosni Mubarak

    • Bush Stuns G8 With 'Biggest Polluter' Boast

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 10, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Bush Stuns G8 With 'Biggest Polluter' Boast

      George Bush concluded the last G8 summit of his presidency with a defiant final joke: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter," he quipped. The president then punched the air, his mouth fixed in a huge grin, the Daily Telegraph reports. Bush, who has faced international condemnation for years for his reluctance to fight climate change, then left the summit, as fellow leaders Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock. More »

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      George W. Bush  • environment  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Gordon Brown  • pollution  • G8 summit

    • Sarko Won't Boycott Beijing

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 9, 08 9:26 AM CDT

      Sarko Won't Boycott Beijing

      Nicolas Sarkozy is backing off his threats to boycott the Beijing Olympics to protest China’s treatment of Tibet, the BBC reports. Sarkozy met with China’s president at the G8 summit, and now confirms that he will attend the opening ceremony. The French president said he made the decision after consulting other EU nations, since France currently holds the EU presidency. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • European Union  • Hu Jintao  • Olympic boycotts

    • China, India Reject G8 Carbon Plan

      newser  |  Financial Times (UK)  |  Jul 9, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      China, India Reject G8 Carbon Plan

      Neither China nor India agreed to adopt the G8's targets for cutting carbon emissions by 2050 at their joint meeting today. Asia's two big developing economies, joined by Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa, said carbon reductions would endanger their growth and exacerbate poverty, and that rich nations should clean up the mess they had created. The emerging economies' holdout was only one of many signs that the G8 is losing clout, reports the Financial Times. More »

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      China  • climate change  • environment  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • carbon emissions  • G8 summit  • Yasuo Fukuda  • developing countries

    • Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix

      newser  |  W  |  Jul 8, 08 2:57 PM CDT

      Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix

      Move over, Hollywood—these days, fashion designers are dying to get their wares on a new kind of celebrity: politicians. The last time Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy visited London, Dior issued no fewer than five press releases on their outfits, and Louis Vuitton has even hired Mikhail Gorbachev as a model. But not everyone thinks the trend is chic, reports W in a look at political stars. More »

    • Oh Napoleon: Tiny Leaders Rule G8

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jul 6, 08 1:47 PM CDT

      Oh Napoleon: Tiny Leaders Rule G8

      The leaders at this week's G8 summit are all political big shots, but they're pretty diminutive face-to-face—five don't even make it past 5'6''. Russia's Dmitry Medvedev brings up the short end of the stick at 5'2'', and Canada's Stephen Harper is the only one to pass the 6' mark. But luckily for the G8, reports ABC News, the Napoleon complex is just a myth. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Angela Merkel  • Dmitry Medvedev  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Stephen Harper  • Group of Eight  • height  • Napolean Bonaparte

    • Betancourt Arrives in Paris

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jul 4, 08 11:08 AM CDT

      Betancourt Arrives in Paris

      Ingrid Betancourt returned to France today after 6 years in captivity in Colombia, CNN reports. "I have been dreaming for 7 years for this moment," the French-Colombian politician said at Villacoublay airport outside Paris. "I owe everything to France. You all shared my despair, my family's despair. I am carrying all of you in my heart." More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Colombia  • Pope Benedict XVI  • hostage  • FARC  • Ingrid Betancourt  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

    • Bush Will Attend Beijing Opener

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 4, 08 3:27 AM CDT

      Bush Will Attend Beijing Opener

      The White House has confirmed that President Bush will attend the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics—and he's likely to have plenty of seats to choose from in the VIP box, reports the New York Times . Brit Prime Minister Gordon Brown and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not be in attendance. French President Nicolas Sarkozy was withholding his decision until after progress in ongoing Tibet talks—but now Chinese officials have told him not to bother. More »

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      George W. Bush  • China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Angela Merkel  • Olympic boycotts

    • Betancourt Reunited With Her Children

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 08 2:44 PM CDT

      Betancourt Reunited With Her Children

      The children of Ingrid Betancourt embraced their mother for the first time in 6 years today in a tear-drenched airport welcome, a day after the former presidential candidate was freed from rebel captivity by Colombia's government. "Nirvana, paradise—that must be very similar to what I feel at this moment," Betancourt told reporters as she fought back tears, her son bending over to kiss her and her daughter clinging tightly to her arm.   More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Colombia  • FARC  • Ingrid Betancourt  • reunion

    • Tape of Sarkozy Snapping at 'Ill-Mannered' TV Tech a Hit

      newser  |  The Australian  |  Jul 2, 08 9:43 AM CDT

      Tape of Sarkozy Snapping at 'Ill-Mannered' TV Tech a Hit

      A leaked film of French President Nicolas Sarkozy telling off a TV technician has become an Internet hit, the Australian reports. Sarko, unaware he's being filmed, snaps at the man after the worker fails to respond to a greeting, and even suggests the technician shouldn't be working for state television. The video, the latest embarrassment for Sarkozy, has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. More »

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      television  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • gaffe

    • France Takes EU Reins With Call for Change

      newser  |  AFP  |  Jul 1, 08 6:54 AM CDT

      France Takes EU Reins With Call for Change

      French President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday that “profound” changes are needed in Europe's strategy for growth as his nation takes over the helm of the EU, reports AFP. “There have been errors in the way that Europe has been built,” Sarkozy noted in the wake of Ireland’s vote against a major EU treaty. Many Europeans fear unification will worsen the negative effects of globalization, he says. "Something isn't right." More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • European Union  • Ireland  • Lisbon Treaty

  • June 2008

    • Cop's Suicide Interrupts Sarkozy's Israel Send-Off

      newser  |  Jerusalem Post (Israel)  |  Jun 24, 08 12:33 PM CDT

      Cop's Suicide Interrupts Sarkozy's Israel Send-Off

      An elite Israeli border policeman shot himself in the head today in the middle of a departure ceremony for Nicolas Sarkozy. Security officers, worried about a possible assassination attempt, rushed Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni onto their plane, while others spirited away Ehud Olmert and Shimon Peres, who were there to see the French president off. More »

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      Israel  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Ehud Olmert  • suicide  • Carla Bruni  • Shimon Peres

    • 'I'm Left of Nic,' Carla Confesses

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jun 23, 08 4:57 AM CDT

      'I'm Left of Nic,' Carla Confesses

      They may look like an always-happy couple, but France's First Lady Carla Bruni has confessed she doesn't agree with husband Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing politics. She's not alone. Just a year after his election, polls have shown Sarkozy is the most unpopular president in six decades, reports the Daily Telegraph. "My instinctive reflexes are left-wing," Bruni told Liberation . She and her husband are not politically "joined at the hip." More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Carla Bruni  • culture  • popularity

    • 40 Years Later, France Returns to NATO

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 17, 08 6:19 AM CDT

      40 Years Later, France Returns to NATO

      More than four decades after France withdrew from NATO military command, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced today that his nation's military will once again integrate itself with American and European forces. France's first new national defense policy in 14 years constitutes a major shift away from earlier Gaullist ideals of self-sufficiency, the New York Times reports. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • European Union  • NATO

    • Bush Gushes About Carla

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 15, 08 7:25 AM CDT

      Bush Gushes About Carla

      President Bush today complimented Nicolas Sarkozy on his wife, calling her “a really smart, capable woman,” the BBC reports. “I can see why you married her,” he added. In Paris as part of his European tour, Bush called the French president by his first name and noted that “America’s first friend was France” in a press conference that focused on warm relations between the countries. More »

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      George W. Bush  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Paris  • Carla Bruni

    • Bush, Sarkozy Warn Iran Over Spurned Nuke Offer

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 14, 08 8:09 PM CDT

      Bush, Sarkozy Warn Iran Over Spurned Nuke Offer

      Iran said no to an incentive offer today to stop making uranium, sparking a warning from President Bush and Nicolas Sarkozy not to build nuclear weapons, the AP reports. "Our allies understand that a nuclear-armed Iran is incredibly destabilizing," Bush said. Even before an EU official delivered the six-nation offer of economic, educational, and other rewards, Tehran had rejected it. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iran  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • nuclear weapons  • Tehran  • nuclear enrichment

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