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  1. FACTBOX-Iran's Fordow plant
    AlertNet 4 hours ago

    Here is a look at the Fordow plant: * Iran began building the plant in secret as early as 2006. It was publicly revealed by U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in September 2009, shortly... Full Article at AlertNet

  2. Eurozone tunnel darkens, despite ideas session at EU summit
    EUbusiness logo EUbusiness 4 hours ago

    Britain insisted that it would fight resolutely against a proposed financial services tax, intended to fund future problems in the banking sector, which it sees as a largely France-inspired threat to the City of London. Hollande, a Socialist who... Full Article at EUbusiness

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    Former Nicolas Sarkozy's spokeswoman for the presidential campaign, Rachida Dati arrives to attend an official ceremony during which Nicolas Sarkozy will be invested as France's president , 16 May 2007 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Sarkozy, a 52...

    Former Nicolas Sarkozy's spokeswoman for the presidential campaign, Rachida Dati arrives to attend an official ceremony during which Nicolas Sarkozy will be invested as France's president , 16 May 2007 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Sarkozy, a 52... View Photo »

  4. On Sunday, the outcome will be on a razor’s edge
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Deccan Herald 2 weeks ago
  5. The European financial crisis isn't that far away
    Mercedes Sun-Star 5 hours ago

    Odd that the president would have more success preaching stimulus to Europeans than he does to Republicans. Like the British under Prime Minister David Cameron and the French under the recently deposed President Nicolas Sarkozy, the GOP is convinced... Full Article at Mercedes Sun-Star

  6. Is France's new President about to make his girlfriend Valerie Trierweiler an honest First Lady?
    Daily Mail - UK logo Daily Mail - UK 5 hours ago
    To wed? Sources say France's new President Francois Hollande (left) is to make his companion Valerie Trierweiler (right) an honest woman and pop the question

    'We may marry through choice, but not for questions of protocol.' And Ms Trierweiler, a magazine journalist, has also told the French media they couple 'have no current plans to marry'. Takeover: Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy,... Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

  7. Présidence de l'UMP : Dati tire à boulets rouges sur Fillon
    The Huffington Post logo The Huffington Post 6 hours ago

    "Déloyal", "désagréable", "ingrat", "mal élevé"... Rachida Dati n'a pas eu de mots assez durs ce jeudi matin sur BFM-TV pour accabler un François Fillon, accusé tour à tour de semer la division à droite et de ne pas respecter la mémoire de l'ancien... Full Article at The Huffington Post

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 day ago
    Former Nicolas Sarkozy's spokeswoman for the presidential campaign, Rachida Dati (L) and local government delegate minister Brice Hortefeux arrive at the Elysee palace, 16 May 2007 for the handover ceremony between French president Jacques Chirac and...

    Former Nicolas Sarkozy's spokeswoman for the presidential campaign, Rachida Dati (L) and local government delegate minister Brice Hortefeux arrive at the Elysee palace, 16 May 2007 for the handover ceremony between French president Jacques Chirac and... View Photo »

  9. The line that Nicolas Sarkozy has chosen is violent, it’s in contradiction with our values, with the values of Gaullism, [and] with those of the republican right
    – François Bayrou SOURCE: Time Magazine 2 weeks ago
  10. Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy hit the campaign trail
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 1 month ago
  11. Compétition officielle, Festival de Cannes: "Post Tenebras Lux" de Carlos Reygadas - VIDÉO
    The Huffington Post logo The Huffington Post 7 hours ago

    D'une grande exigence formelle (synonyme parfois de cinéma contemplatif), ses films témoignent de l'influence d'Andreï Tarkovski et de Carl Dreyer, deux des réalisateurs cités par Nicolas Sarkozy, ce qui n'a rien à voir avec Cannes, on vous l'accorde. ... Full Article at The Huffington Post

  12. France Dominates EU Summit: Hollande Steals the Show from Merkel
    Spiegel Online logo Spiegel Online 7 hours ago
    French President François Holland at the end of the informal EU summit in Brussels.

    Everyone wanted to see the new French president during his first press conference after a European Union summit. Shortly after 1 o'clock on Thursday morning, François Hollande held court just as his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, once had, explaining... Full Article at Spiegel Online

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  1. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (2ndL) poses for photographs during a lunch meeting at Blair House with French President Francois Hollande (not pictured), in Washington, USA, on May 18, 2012 in advance of the G8 and NATO Summits. Obama told French counterpart Francois...
  2. Military assistant waits behind French President Francois Hollande as he holds a press conference at French embassy, in Washington, USA, on May 18, 2012 in advance of the G8 and NATO Summits. Obama told French counterpart Francois Hollande during White House talks on Friday that their...
  3. An actor portraying new French President Francois Hollande (R) removes former French President Nicholas Sarkozy (L), as portrayed by another actor, from the G-8 table during a street performance at the National Nurses United rally in Chicago, Illinois, May 18, 2012 ahead of the NATO 2012...
  4. US President Barack Obama (R) speaks as French President Francois Hollande listens following their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2012 in advance of the G8 and NATO Summits. Obama told French counterpart Francois Hollande during...
  5. US President Barack Obama (R) looks on as French President Francois Hollande prepares to leave after a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2012 in advance of the G8 and NATO Summits. Obama told French counterpart Francois Hollande during...
  6. France's president Nicolas Sarkozy (L) salutes his successor Francois Hollande (R) as French First Lady Carla Bruni (2ndR) kisses Valerie Trierweiler (2ndL), companion of the French President-elect as the former presidential couple is about to leave the Elysee presidential Palace after the...
  7. A combo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel shaking hands on May 15, 2012 with new French President socialist Francois Hollande (L) and embracing on May 16, 2007 his rightwing predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy at the chancellery in Berlin. Hollande and Sarkozy's first trip abroad as...
  8. President of the Constitutional Council,Jean-Louis Debre (C) arrives, followed by member of the constitutional council, Michel Charasse (5th L), at the Elysee Palace for the formal investiture ceremony between France's president Francois Hollande and his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, at the...
  9. French MP Louis Giscard d'Estaing (L) arrives at the Elysee Palace for the swearing-in ceremony between France's president Francois Hollande and his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, at the Elysee presidential Palace, on May 15, 2012 in Paris.

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Nicolas Sarkozy (pronounced [ni.kɔ.la saʁ.kɔ.zi] ( listen), born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa; 28 January 1955) is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier. Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. Don't think that I felt Mr Hollande was just gentle and kind
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: BBC News 3 weeks ago
  2. After a good result in the first round, Nicolas Sarkozy set off in chase of an extreme right within which we do not recognise our values and in which our deepest and most precious beliefs are battered and denied
    SOURCE: Bangkok Post 2 weeks ago
  3. What is the country to not have known recession since 2009 - it is France
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: My Joy Online 3 weeks ago
  4. Such a difference can be partly explained by Nicolas Sarkozy’s current status, who has already had the opportunity to test his abilities to act at the European level, unlike François Hollande
    SOURCE: Eurasia Review 2 weeks ago
  5. The opinion polls are lying. An election has never been this open ... It's even more open after the debate
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Reuters.co.uk 3 weeks ago
  6. Public opinion will view this debate as a draw, with an advantage for Francois Hollande only because Nicolas Sarkozy is the incumbent
    SOURCE: Livemint.com 2 weeks ago
  7. should have the decency to shut up ... The fact that he dares to speak shows that he does not get it. I wish Mr. Hollande good luck with such support.
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Greensboro News Record 3 weeks ago
  8. Francois Hollande’s only weakness compared to Nicolas Sarkozy, that he’s viewed as soft and blurry, was overcome last night
    SOURCE: Livemint.com 2 weeks ago
  9. We are in a dangerous world, a difficult world, where you have to be able to take a decision
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Ninemsn 3 weeks ago
  10. The dominant theme appeared to be an all-encompassing disdain for the incumbent president (Nicolas Sarkozy) and a proprietary reclamation of the May Day festival itself
    SOURCE: CNN 2 weeks ago
  11. I know him less well than you
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 3 weeks ago
  12. Even the French who don't like him or voted for him say Nicolas Sarkozy is courageous, is someone who has authority ... Yet during the debate, he indeed had many ticks, he was sometimes ... giving the impression of someone lost.
    SOURCE: Sify 3 weeks ago
  13. I won’t accept lessons from a political party that was enthusiastically uniting behind Dominique Strauss-Kahn
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 3 weeks ago
  14. The Socialist candidate has clearly dominated a TV duel in which Nicolas Sarkozy seemed weighed down by the weight of his balance sheet.
    SOURCE: The Business Insider 3 weeks ago
  15. Saying that we offered gifts to the rich ... is slander. It's a lie.
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: BreakingNews.ie 3 weeks ago
  16. It will depend on whether immigration is the main issue in people's minds when they go to the polls on Sunday. Our research also shows that if the economic crisis is their main preoccupation, they will vote Nicolas Sarkozy. If they are thinking more about the cost of living, they will vote François Holl...
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 3 weeks ago
  17. You want fewer rich, I want fewer poor, that's the difference between us, Mr. Hollande
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 3 weeks ago
  18. It was impossible for Nicolas Sarkozy not to have tried to win those voters either. Either he gave up any idea of being elected there and then on 22 April, or he did what he did regarding the tougher stance on immigration and borders ... He had to go to the right.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 3 weeks ago
  19. We have taken in too many people, which has paralyzed our system of integration
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 3 weeks ago
  20. We have seen President Nicolas Sarkozy threaten to take France out of the Schengen passport-free travel area, and also issue threats regarding Europe's trade policy.
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago
  21. When we say we won’t make comments, it has a meaning. We’ve made a positive compromise here.
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 3 weeks ago
  22. The line Nicolas Sarkozy chose between the two rounds is violent. It contradicts our values
    SOURCE: Firstpost 3 weeks ago
  23. On institutions like the ECB, it is true we don’t have the same history
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 3 weeks ago
  24. Le fait que M. Hollande soit né sous le signe du lion et Nicolas Sarkozy sous le signe du verseau explique l'opposition qui existe entre les deux personnages.
    SOURCE: The Huffington Post 3 weeks ago
  25. I want this to be a moment of truth
    – Nicolas Sarkozy SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago

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