What makes good cops go bad?

In today's French papers, just how did one of the country's most respected "supercops" cross the line and get involved in drug trafficking? Also, the psychology of running a country in crisis, and the Sorbonne under fire - over its subsidiary in Abu Dhabi.

IN THE PAPERS

By Elena CASAS

La Croix looks at the psychology of running a country in financial crisis - just how are George Papandreou, Jose Luis Zapatero and Nicolas Sarkozy holding it together?

Liberation looks at what made Lyon supercop Michel Neyret cross the line and turn to drug trafficking - do top policemen come to believe they are above the law?

And Rue 89 doesn't make the Sorbonne look good - saying they've covered up human rights abuses suffered by professors at their subsidiary in Abu Dhabi.

30/03/2010 - INTERNATIONAL PRESS REVIEW

Russian papers show graphic images from the “kamikaze train”

In today’s international press review we look at coverage in the Russian papers of yesterday’s double suicide attack in Moscow. Also, papers around the world analyse on Franco-American relations in advance of Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to the White House. TUESDAY, 30th MARCH, 2010

30/03/2010 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

Heist of the century in Paris?

France Soir leads with the enormous robbery on Paris’s Avenue de l’Opéra, where up to 200 safes in a Crédit Lyonnais bank were emptied. Elsewhere in the papers, there is a lot of analysis of Nicolas Sarkozy’s trip to New York and Washington. These and other stories in today’s French press review. TUESDAY, 30th MARCH, 2010

29/03/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

Football or Hunting: the UK's election campaign promises to be a sporty one

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants fans to be able to own shares of their favorite football clubs, while David Cameron might just allow dogs during a fox hunt. It all depends on who moves into downing street after the general elections.

29/03/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama: renewing their friendship

President Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived in Washington for a long awaited visit with his US counterpart. And halal foods are becoming a booming market in France.

26/03/2010 - INTERNATIONAL PRESS REVIEW

“The Tory message isn’t working”

Worried about their lead shrinking in the polls in advance of the UK’s upcoming general elction, the Tories have returned to the advertising agency responsible for Margaret Thatcher’s successful campaign to oust Labour in 1979. This and other stories in today’s international press review. FRIDAY, 26th MARCH, 2010