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Obama to Travel to Normandy for D-Day Anniversary

Washington, Paris on good terms, Sarkozy aide says

Mar 26, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will travel to Normandy for the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the New York Daily News reports. An aide to Nicolas Sarkozy spilled the beans on Obama’s June 6 visit after a reporter claimed the relationship between the two presidents was distant. “Relations are excellent... More »

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Barack Obama • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • World War II • D-Day • President Obama

(Newser) - The tone of a letter from President Obama to Jacques Chirac has some in the blogosphere wondering if Obama knows that Chirac is no longer the president of France, writes Jimmy Orr in the Christian Science Monitor reports. “Doesn’t Obama ever consult his staff before acting?” one concerned... More »

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blogosphere • Nicolas Sarkozy • Jacques Chirac • France • president • George W. Bush • President Obama • letter

 African Union 
 Suspends 
 Madagascar 

Pressure mounts against coup government

Mar 20, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - International pressure is mounting against the new government of Madagascar, installed this week via coup, the BBC reports. The African Union has suspended the island nation’s membership, calling the takeover “unconstitutional,” and South Africa said it might impose sanctions. France likewise condemned the takeover, and the US... More »

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Africa • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • South Africa • foreign aid • African Union • Madagascar • coup d'etat • Andry Rajoelina

French Mock Sarkozy by Reading Book He Hates

La Princesse de Cleves gets a boost of unexpected popularity as a protest symbol

Mar 19, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - France is in the grip of a nationwide strike, but dissatisfaction with Nicolas Sarkozy’s reforms is also taking a more cultured form: the reading of a classic 17th-century book the president has said he hates. The book has become an odd symbol of dissent. Sales are climbing as Sarko’... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • protests • reform • strike • novel • book • dissent • La Princesse de Cleves

 Striking French Workers 
 Defy Sarkozy 

Nationwide strike cripples transport, shuts schools

Mar 19, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - France is in the grip of the second nationwide strike in 2 months today as unions protest the Sarkozy administration's economic policies, reports AFP. Air and rail transport has been disrupted, and half of primary school teachers have not come into work. The strikers are demanding a higher minimum wage,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • minimum wage • strike • labor strike

Sarkozy Faces Confidence
Vote Over Rejoining NATO

But French opposition unlikely to best president's party

Mar 17, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy’s government must submit to a vote of confidence after the president announced his intention to have France rejoin NATO’s integrated military command, the BBC reports. Opposition politicians and some in Sarkozy’s UMP party say tightening NATO ties will threaten France’s independence. But Sarkozy says... More »

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NATO • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • French Parliament • UMP • foreign policy • Central Command

 Architects Plan Brave New Paris 

Sarkozy proposes futuristic sustainable city

Mar 13, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paris may be getting a facelift, the Telegraph reports. Nicolas Sarkozy invited 10 leading architects to cook up Grand Paris 2030, giving them "the absolute freedom to dream." Sarkozy aims to open up the city to its suburbs, shorten intra-city commutes, and create vast green spaces. The architects... More »

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environment • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Paris • urban planning • city

 France to Rejoin NATO 


Mar 11, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy intends to bring France back into the NATO fold, ending 40 years of self-imposed exile, the BBC reports. But the decision, which the French president is expected to confirm tomorrow, may not go over well. The French treasure their “independence” from NATO, and critics say the move... More »

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NATO • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Charles de Gaulle

 In Bruni, French 
 See Marie Antoinette 

First lady gets flak as she and Sarko hit the beach

Mar 11, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Like most of Europe, France is slogging through a recession and facing climbing unemployment. But president Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, are in Mexico, staying at a $5,500-a-night beachfront villa. The honeymoon's over, reports the New York Daily News, and Bruni is suffering comparisons to another foreigner... More »

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Mexico • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • recession • Carla Bruni

Bruni Hopes to Expand French First Family

Carla will look into adoption if she and Sarko can't conceive

Mar 5, 09 5:43 AM CST
(Newser) - France's first lady wants to bring a Bruni-Sarkozy into the world and she's willing to adopt if necessary, the Daily Telegraph reports. "I would love to have another child, but I'm not going to fight against nature," said the 41-year-old former supermodel, who has a son from a... More »

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adoption • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • mothers • Carla Bruni

(Newser) - Seven French politicians, including President Nicolas Sarkozy, have received death threats accompanied by live ammunition, the Independent reports. The letters, which included 9mm rounds, were signed by an unknown group called Solidarity Earth. Though the name perhaps suggests an environmental group, and anti-terrorism officials are investigating, those in the know... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • death threats • radical • Michele Alliot Marie • eco-terrorism • ammunition • Rachida Dati • leftist

 EU Meets Over 
 Economic Crisis 

Protectionism concerns weigh on leaders

Mar 1, 09 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - European Union leaders have begun an emergency meeting about the economic crisis amid fears of protectionism among nations, the BBC reports. The Brussels summit comes after French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would bail out France’s auto industry if it didn’t send jobs out of the country. “... More »

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European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • global economy • crisis summit • Mirek Topolanek

GLOSSIES

 Bruni: 
 Michelle 
 Could Give 
 Me Pointers 

France's first lady brings rare mix to Elysée Palace

Feb 18, 09 8:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Michelle Obama just moved into the White House, but America’s first lady could teach a few things to her more veteran French counterpart, confesses Carla Bruni in Vogue. “I fell into my husband’s life from another world,” explains the model-turned-singer, who's been the French first lady... More »

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Michelle Obama • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Elysee • Carla Bruni • first lady

 Be My Marilyn Monroe: 
 Sarkozy on First Date 

French prez proposed first time he met Carla: friend

Feb 12, 09 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Undeterred by his recent divorce, French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed the night he met Carla Bruni and promised that she would be his Marilyn Monroe, according to a new tell-all book. Author Jacques Seguela is the same pal who introduced the couple at Sarko's request, the Times of London reports.... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • marriage • love • romance • Carla Bruni

Iraq PM Shrugs Off US as Sarko Cozies Up

In his first visit to Baghdad, French prez seeks oil, influence

Feb 11, 09 8:23 AM CST
(Newser) - French prez Nicolas Sarkozy, whose predecessor led international opposition to the Iraq war, paid a surprise visit to Baghdad yesterday in an attempt to raise his country's profile in the region. Sarkozy met with PM Nouri al-Maliki, who used a joint news conference to slap at recent US pressure to... More »

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Iraq • diplomacy • Nouri al-Maliki • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • oil companies • Total SA

Sarkozy Disses Brown, Vows to Avoid British 'Mistakes'

Paris tries to smooth over diplomatic rift after president's interview

Feb 6, 09 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy used a 90-minute TV interview last night to defend his handling of the global economic downturn—and swore to avoid the "mistakes" of his frequent ally, Gordon Brown. The French president claimed the Brit's decision to cut sales tax had "absolutely not worked." This morning... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Gordon Brown • recession • tax cuts

(Newser) - JK Rowling cleared up any fuss about her Harry Potter villain’s French name today, as she accepted that country’s Legion d’honneur for her contribution to the arts, Reuters reports. “I can assure you that the decision did not come from any anti-French sentiment,” Rowling... More »

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Harry Potter • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • JK Rowling • literature • knighthood • Voldemort • Legion d'honneur

 'Black Thursday' 
 Strike Staggers France 

Biggest action in decades tests President Sarkozy

Jan 29, 09 5:48 AM CST
(Newser) - More than a million protesters in France are taking to the streets today in the country's biggest general strike in decades, reports the Times of London. The so-called "Black Thursday" job action is bringing together public and private sector workers, along with students, who are angered by President... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • strike • public sector • general strike • financial crisis • economic downturn

 Sarkozy Trainer 
 Focuses on 
 'Sex Muscles' 

He's 'always ready and motivated,' says 26-year-old coach

Jan 20, 09 3:32 AM CST
(Newser) - French President Nicholas Sarkozy has shaved nine pounds off his already-trimish frame and strengthened his "sex muscles," his personal trainer boasts to the Times of London. Sarkozy sweats each day for his 26-year-old female trainer, who focuses on beefing up the perineal muscles at the bottom of the... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • sex • exercise • Carla Bruni • personal trainer • pelvis

French Pol's Baby Daddy May Be Gucci Heir

Justice minister linked to on-again-off-again Salma Hayek paramour

Jan 16, 09 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - When France's glamorous justice minister, Rachida Dati, gave birth to a baby girl this month, gossipmongers returned to a burning question: Who's the father? Speculation has centered on everyone from Spain's prime minister to Dati's boss, Nicolas Sarkozy. All wrong, reports the Post's Page Six, which fingers Gucci heir Francois-Henri... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Salma Hayek • scandal • Francois-Henri Pinault • Rachida Dati

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