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  • July 2008

    • Sarkozy Puts France on Speed

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

      Sarkozy Puts France on Speed

      (Newser) - 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

  • April 2008

    • Bardot On Trial, Once Again, Over Racism

      Time  |  Apr 16, 08 2:09 CDT

      Bardot On Trial, Once Again, Over Racism

      (Newser) - Brigitte Bardot is on trial for racism—again. The 1960s French sex symbol, now 73, is a stridently anti-immigrant and seemingly anti-Muslim politician, Time reports. Bardot is on trial for “inciting racial hatred,” a charge she’s been convicted of four times. The current case involves a letter Bardot wrote to officials protesting slaughter of sheep for a Muslim festival. More »

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      France  • immigration  • Islam  • racism  • French politics

  • December 2007

    • Sarkozy Steps Out With Singer/Model

      AFP  |  Dec 17, 07 9:39 AM CST

      Sarkozy Steps Out With Singer/Model

      (Newser) - The Nicolas Sarkozy soap opera’s latest turn involves Mickey Mouse. The recently divorced French president strolled Disneyland with Italian pop singer Carla Bruni on Saturday, provoking a hail of gossip, AFP reports. The president’s office was officially mum, but one magazine editor said Bruni told him personally “that from now on, it would become an affair, a public love story.” More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Carla Bruni  • gossip  • French politics  • Disneyland

  • November 2007

    • TV Babe Helps Sarko Rebound

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Nov 26, 07 12:48 CST

      TV Babe Helps Sarko Rebound

      (Newser) - It didn’t take Nicolas Sarkozy long to get over his recent divorce—the French president is already in a “close and loving relationship” with star journalist Laurence Ferrari, according to the Daily Mail . It began when Ferrari interviewed Sarkozy on the campaign trail, creating visible chemistry. “They were both flirting for France,” said a source at the TV station. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • French politics

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Mayors Spurn Sarkozy Immigration Crackdown

      Der Spiegel  |  Sep 14, 07 4:42 CDT

      Mayors Spurn Sarkozy Immigration Crackdown

      (Newser) - French leftists aren't about to help Nicolas Sarkozy make good on the immigration crackdowns he promised during his campaign for president. Eight Paris-area mayors have refused to cooperate with measures that include deportation quotas and mandatory DNA-testing for prospective immigrants. Human rights groups denounced Sarkozy for treating immigrants as "disposable objects," Der Spiegel reports. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • immigration  • French politics

  • July 2007

    • Mais Oui! French Prez Is Friend to Business

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 28, 07 7:42 AM CDT

      Mais Oui! French Prez Is Friend to Business

      (Newser) - France could see a longer work week and new limits on workers' right to strike if President Nicholas Sarkozy gets his way. He's already reduced wealth taxes on certain investments and practically eliminated the inheritance tax, the Los Angeles Times reports. But supporters insist he will not erode social benefits or copy the freewheeling American style of capitalism. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • labor  • reform  • French politics  • French economy

    • Charges Loom for Former French PM

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 6, 07 4:29 AM CDT

      Charges Loom for Former French PM

      (Newser) - Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is expected to face criminal conspiracy charges following the discovery of new evidence linking him to a dirty tricks campaign against President Nicolas Sarkozy, the Times of London reports. Police yesterday searched his Paris home after investigators found computer data suggesting he directed a plot to implicate Sarkozy in a 2004 bribery scandal. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Jacques Chirac  • French politics  • Dominique de Villepin  • Luxembourg

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