Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy

Follow French president Nicoloas Sarkozy. Sarkozy won a hotly contested battle against Segolene Royal to win leadership of France. 51-year-old Nicolas Sarkozy began his political life 30 years ago. He's regarded as "The Mozart of... [more]

Follow French president Nicoloas Sarkozy. Sarkozy won a hotly contested battle against Segolene Royal to win leadership of France.

51-year-old Nicolas Sarkozy began his political life 30 years ago. He's regarded as "The Mozart of Politics" for his talents and energy. He is the son of a Hungarian refugee aristocrat.

Sarkozy has become one of France's most popular new politicians.

 
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Jacques Chirac will be the first former French president to be tried for corruption, officials said Friday, after charges from his years as mayor of Paris returned to taint the twilight of his long career. Chirac stands accused of giving political allies lucrative bogus jobs as city hall "ghost workers" and his trial will be the latest in a series to expose graft and dirty tricks at the highest levels of state. Judicial officials confirmed to AFP that Chirac would face trial on charges of "abuse of trust" and "misuse of public funds". A statement from the office of the 76-year-old Gaullist -- who ... Read Full Story
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The man who once set up Carla Bruni and now French president Nicolas Sarkozy on a blind date, is now claiming that the power couple are hoping for their first child soon. Both have kids from previous relationships, but according to French millionaire and match-maker Jacques Seguela, Bruni and Sarkozy are ready to start a family of their own. The news broke this week in French tabloid Voici, and apparently some of the couple's reasons for baby come down to politics (surprise, surprise). Rumor has it that Sarkozy believes a new baby will boost his chances of getting re-elected for president in 2012. We're ... Read Full Story
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French farmers struggling with slumping grain prices blanketed the Champs-Elysees with bales of hay and set them ablaze Friday and blocked highways around the country as they demanded government help. About 150 farmers blocked traffic and unloaded hay and tires onto the most famous shopping street in Paris. The protesters set the hay on fire but firefighters quickly extinguished the flames. Grain farmers were staging nationwide protests to call attention to their debts and other difficulties that have mounted as food prices have fallen from record highs in 2007. More than 50,000 farmers, with 7,000 tractors and 1,000 animals, disrupted traffic throughout the country, ... Read Full Story
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that Britain's refusal to join the euro currency would be a "problem" for Tony Blair's chances of becoming the first European Union president. Sarkozy was reportedly one of the first EU leaders to put Blair's name forward in 2007. The former prime minister has never officially declared himself a candidate but there has been a mounting controversy in recent months over his name. Sarkozy said in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper that "it is too early to say" whether Blair would be a good candidate for the EU presidency, one of the key posts set up ... Read Full Story
PARIS (Reuters) - French farmers briefly blocked the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris with burning tires on Friday as part of a wave of protests around the country to demand government aid to help them overcome a plunge in their revenues. The main farmers' union, the FNSEA, called for the protests to press its demand for a 1.4 billion euro ($2.1 billion) package including tax breaks and direct aid to struggling farms. Pressured by abundant harvests, prices of grain, fruit and vegetables have tumbled. The overall index of agricultural prices published by national statistics office INSEE plunged by 15 percent year-on-year in August. Agriculture ... Read Full Story
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    * 1977, becomes councillor in the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine.

    * 1977, member of the central committee for the RPR.

    * 1978 – 1979, national youth delegate for the RPR.

    * 1979 – 1981, president of the national youth delegates under Jacques Chirac for the presidential election of 1981.

    * 1983, becomes mayor in the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine.

    * 1988, national secretary of the RPR, in charge of youth and teaching issues.

    * Co-director of the list "Union pour les Élections européennes".

    * 1992 – 1993, secrétaire général-adjoint du RPR, chargé des Fédérations. (Assistant secretary of the RPR in charge of constituent interest groups)

    * Since 1993, member of the RPR political office.

    * 1993 – 1995, Minister for the Budget in the cabinet of Edouard Balladur.

    * 1995 – 1997 spokesman for the RPR.

    * 1998 – 1999, Secretary General of the RPR.

    * 1999, interim president of the RPR.

    * 1999, head of the RPR-DL electoral list of the European elections in June.

    * May 2000, elected President of the committee of the RPR for the département of Hauts-de-Seine.

    * 2002 – March 2004, Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

    * March 2004 – November 2004, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry in the cabinet of Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

    * November 2004, elected the new head of President Jacques Chirac's governing UMP party.

    * June 2005 – March 2007, Minister of State and Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin.

    * January 2007, nominated by the Union for a Popular Movement for the 2007 presidential election.

    * March 2007, quits as Minister of Interior to get fully involved in the 2007 presidential campaign.

    * 22 April 2007, Sarkozy takes first place in the first round of voting for the French Presidential election.
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FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy has shared his memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall, telling his Facebook fans he chipped away at the concrete slabs with a pickaxe on November 9, 1989.  
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Allies of French President Nicolas Sarkozy have blamed his "war-trophy" wife Carla Bruni for the low approval ratings that threaten his grip on power in regional elections…  
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Los Angeles TimesSarkozy Recalls Berlin Trip as Wall Collapsed in Facebook PostBloombergNov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, and joined German families using pickaxes to tear down the concrete slabs, he said in a post on his Facebook Internet page. ...Special Report A Fateful Day, and the East Tasted FreedomNew York TimesPutin's Good Old Days In East Germany And KGBSky...  
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Er setzt die Spitzhacke an, dann schlägt er einige Brocken aus der Berliner Mauer: Nicolas Sarkozy hat auf Facebook ein Foto von sich als Mauerspecht veröffentlicht. Noch am 9. November 1989 war der heutige französische Präsident in die deutsche Hauptstadt gereist, um die Wende mitzuerleben.  
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It turns out that Carla Bruni isn't the only model in the Elysée Palace. Over the weekend, European papers ran a 1967 advertisement for Bonux washing powder starring the current French President, Nicolas Sarkozy.  
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