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POLITICS: Reports of Sarkozy-Fillon tensions rock France ahead of polls (France24)

Media reports say French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently locked horns with his popular PM François Fillon, reports Fillon denies. But as Sarkozy’s ratings plummet, the reports could affect the ruling party’s chances in the upcoming regional poll.

Brussels targets derivatives to help euro (The Guardian)

José Manuel Barroso says European commission considering ban on credit default swaps to ease market pressure on Greece The European commission announced moves today to shore up the euro and ward off market pressure on Greece by considering a ban on complex derivatives allegedly being used to undermine the single currency. The draconian move suggested by José Manuel Barroso, commission president,...

Sarkozy, Bruni both 'having affairs' (The Telegraph India)

London, March 9: Rumours that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are both having affairs are gaining momentum in France.

Israel and Syria both express interest in new nuclear reactors (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Paris - Israel and Syria want to build nuclear reactors to develop civil nuclear energy, representatives from both countries said Tuesday at a nuclear conference in Paris. We share (French) President Nicolas Sarkozy's opinion that atomic energy shou...

Serzh Sargsyan, Nicolas Sarkozy to meet in Paris (Panarmenian)

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan departed for France on an official visit on March 9.

Germany, France to step up action against speculators (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Berlin - Germany and France are planning to step up their campaign against financial market speculators, a government spokesman confirmed in Berlin Tuesday. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are to write a joint let...

IMMIGRATION: Moroccan domestic violence victim can return to France (France24)

Speaking on International Women’s Day, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would welcome back a Moroccan teen without papers (pictured) who was deported after she went to the French police to file a domestic violence complaint.

Euro Rises on Greece Support; European Monetary Fund on Horizon? (EINNews Press Releases)

Euro Rises on Greece Support; European Monetary Fund on Horizon? March 8, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ Increased confidence in Greece's financial situation helped the euro to early gains Monday. French President Nicolas Sarkozy put market speculators on notice Sunday and also suggested that the eurozone countries would bail out Greece if its financial problems worsened. The International Monetary Fund...

(Fund)Raising Resources to help Eurozone Members in Need? (Alpha.Sources blog)

Well, it might appear that my smug headline in the post below may not have been so appropriate after all. At least I find the news from the FT today that Eurozone members, headed by France and Germany, are considering to set up an internal IMF type fund very significant. (from the FT) Germany and France are planning to launch a sweeping new initiative to reinforce economic co-operation and...

Obama has no foreign friends (PrairiePundit)

Jackson Diehl: I recently asked several senior administration officials, separately, to name a foreign leader with whom Barack Obama has forged a strong personal relationship during his first year in office. A lot of hemming and hawing ensued. One official mentioned French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who is scheduled to bring his glamorous wife to the White House residence this month for a couples...

Sarkozy urges global expansion of nuclear energy (Sify)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday urged developing countries to embrace nuclear energy and rich lenders to help pay for it, but stood firmly against countries that "cheat" and use the

Sarkozy urges nuclear power support (Belfast Telegraph)

Poor countries should be helped to build their own nuclear power stations to help fight climate change, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said.

IMF Head: Greece Crisis Unlikely to Spread to Eurozone Countries (Sofia News Agency)

Greece's financial crisis is unlikely to spread to other eurozone countries with high debt levels, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said. IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said "there's no reason" to expect that Spain and Portugal would also need to call for external support. Strauss-Kahn's comments came after the Greek prime minister met French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Sarkozy ready to 'welcome' beaten Moroccan woman who was expelled (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is prepared to welcome back to France a young Moroccan woman who was kicked out of the country after complaining to police that her brother had beaten her, his office said in a statement. The woman, Najlae Lhi...

IMF chief: Greece won't need bailout (The Observer)

Dominic Strauss-Kahn remains confident that Europe's leaders can resolve the Greek crisis The head of the International Monetary Fund believes Greece will resolve its debt crisis without an IMF bailout, and today dismissed fears that other European nations will be engulfed by the crisis. Dominic Strauss-Kahn insisted this morning that other eurozone countries with large public deficits would not...

Sarkozy calls for international funding for nuclear energy (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Paris - International organizations such as the World Bank should begin financing the non-military use of nuclear energy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday. I don't understand and I don't accept the exclusion of nuclear energy from int...

France urges world to turn to nuclear power (France24)

France urged international financial bodies to finance a new era of global nuclear power on Monday and pitched its own reactor technology as the model to follow. Welcoming delegates from 60 energy-hungry nations to a conference in Paris, President Nicolas Sarkozy said civil nuclear power had been unfairly passed over for World Bank development loans. He called on world and regional financial...

France not to toe U.S. line on civilian nuclear energy (IntelliBriefs)

Sandeep Dikshit http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/07/stories/2010030756691000.htm PARIS: France's panache for assertion of independence in foreign policy will be on display at an international conference on nuclear energy to be inaugurated by its President Nicolas Sarkozy here on Monday. The global meet takes place a month before a similar conference to be hosted by the U.S. which will look at access...

Eurozone aid for Greece comes one step closer (Euractive)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised on Sunday (7 March) that eurozone countries would help Greece if its financial problems worsened. Meanwhile, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he plans to make proposals soon on a new European institution to help ensure the stability of the euro zone.

Sarkozy promises Greece aid (ireland.com)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the euro region is ready to rescue Greece should the government struggle to fund its budget deficit, arguing that the country is “under attack” from speculators.

Greece prefers European solution: PM (People Daily)

Visiting Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said here on Sunday that his country preferred a " European solution" to its deteriorating financial difficulties rather than going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "We would like a European solution, we don't want to chose the IMF," Papandreou said at a joint press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy after nearly one hour of...

Rama Yade on Being A Female Politician In France (Booker Rising)

International Women's Day is tomorrow. However, the French are celebrating a little early. Rama Yade, the French Secretary of State for Sport and moderate-conservative, is one of six French female politicians interviewed about the Day : Motivations : "Politics, as practiced in the 1990s, didn't attract me because of fatalism. In 2002, the presence of [white nationalist Jean-Marie] Le Pen in 2nd...

FRANCE: Sarkozy hosts conference on nuclear energy (France24)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy opens a two-day conference on the peaceful use of nuclear power on Monday, which around 60 nations, including Syria and Libya, will be attending. The meeting comes at a sensitive time for nuclear diplomacy.

If Greece falls, euro is pointless - Sarkozy (Sify)

France will support Greece following its efforts to reduce its deficit and has no intention of seeing the country fall by the wayside, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Saturday.

Eurozone ready to help Greece 'if necessary': Sarkozy (France24)

European governments sharing the euro currency will help Greece out of financial crisis "if necessary," French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday after talks with the Greek prime minister. "I want to be very clear. If necessary, eurozone governments will fulfil their commitments and there can be no doubt about that," Sarkozy told a joint news conference with George Papandreou. "If Greece needs...

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