When is a candidate not a candidate...and when should he pay for his campaign costs? Nicolas Sarkozy is under fire. Meanwhile, right and left cross swords over voting rights for non-EU foreigners, but are they both playing to the gallery? And we find out that life's not easy for entrepreneurs going solo, despite changes to the labour market.
Centrist politician Jean-Louis Borloo takes everyone by surprise by announcing he will not run for president after all. Meanwhile, the Socialist Party primaries are getting closer - the first round is taking place this Sunday, and François Hollande is still leading in the opinion polls.
MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Mon. 3/10/2011: The man billed as one of Sarkozy's gravest threats, Jean-Louis Borloo, has announced he will not run for the 2012 presidency. Borloo, Sarkozy's former environment minister, had repeatedly spoken of his desire to take on his former boss after being overlooked for the prime minister's job last year. The Nouvel Observateur magazine sums up the reaction: "Tout ça pour ça!" (All of that for nothing!)
Former French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo has withdrawn his bid to stand as a presidential candidate in next year’s election – a small respite for President Nicolas Sarkozy as his uphill battle to win the 2012 vote begins.
Marc Perelman discusses the future of nuclear energy in Europe with Jean-Marc Gonin, Senior Writer with Le Figaro Magazine, and Philip Turle, Journalist at RFI.
FRENCH PAPERS, 16.11.2010: The battle lines are being drawn over control of the centre ground in French politics, this after two leading figures of the political centre left Sarkozy's government in Sunday's reshuffle. The French press asks who will emerge as the dominant figure between former Defence Minister Hervé Morin, former Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo and Sarkozy's old foe François Bayrou. All three are now opponents of the President yet what differentiates them from each other?
After eight months of speculation, a reshuffle of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s cabinet is expected before the end of November. France24.com takes a look at the frontrunners and outsiders in the race to be named France’s next prime minister.
Back in June, Sarkozy announced a cabinet reshuffle, igniting a wave of speculation among commentators, worries for current ministers and hope among those angling for a perch. The guessing game should finally happen mid-November. A lot revolves around the position of Prime Minister. Will Fillon stay or will he go? If he leaves, who's in pole position to succeed him?
