The French president has admitted to “having committed an error” by letting his son seek a job managing France's top business district, the La Defense skyscraper park west of Paris, according to a source at the Elysée presidential palace.
Marc Perelman interviews Jean-Christophe Fromantin, Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine; Christian Makarian (l'Express); Gaël Sliman (BVA); and Eric Pape (Newsweek and the Daily Beast).
Marc Perelman interviews Jean-Christophe Fromantin, Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine; Christian Makarian (l'Express); Gaël Sliman (BVA); and Eric Pape (Newsweek and the Daily Beast).
The morning after Jean Sarkozy renounced his controversial bid to head an influential public agency that oversees Paris's business district, the 23-year-old son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy was instead elected to its board.
The President’s 23-year-old son has given up his campaign to be elected manager of the La Défense business district. Jean Sarkozy revealed his decision on the France 2 evening news yesterday. Most French papers lead with the story this morning.
Jean Sarkozy, the 23-year-old son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has withdrawn his bid to oversee the agency that manages the wealthy business district known as La Defense amid charges of nepotism.
A medical laboratory in Lyon has identified two traces of DNA that could help authorities to solve the mystery of who murdered 4-year-old Grégory Villemin 25 years ago.
The controversy over his son’s probable election to a top administrative job was just one of the issues touched on by Nicolas Sarkozy in an interview he gave to this morning’s Le Figaro.
Marc Perelman interviews Alain Lipietz, a green party member; José-Manuel Lamarque, co-producer of Transeuropéenne on France inter radio; Bruno Jeanbart, director of polling with opinion way; and Benjamin Lancar, president of the UMP Youth.
The imminent promotion of French President Nicolas Sarkzoy's son Jean to head a government agency has provoked outrage in France and abroad, where international media have piled scorn upon Sarkozy senior's latest move.