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Sarkozy's mid-term report card
Half way through his five-year mandate, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is struggling to reverse his steady decline in opinion polls. What has gone wrong since his triumphant election two and a half years ago?
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Sarkozy admits 'error' in nepotism row over son’s plum job
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.
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"Discord in Sarkoland"
In today’s French press review, we talks about President Nicolas Sarkozy who is half way through his mandate.
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"Lévi Strauss: thinker of lost worlds"
In today’s French press review, we look back at the adventures of Claude Lévi Strauss. The well-known anthropologist passed away at 100 years old.
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"Chirac settles the score"
In today’s French press review, we look at Jacques Chirac’s new book, expected to come out on Thursday.
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Immigration minister launches great debate on 'national identity'
France's minister of immigration and national identity, Eric Besson (left of centre), has launched a debate on French national identity. The opposition, however, has denounced the move as a purely political exercise ahead of March regional elections.
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“Chirac prepares his counter-attack”
In today’s French press review, we look at various reactions about the trial of the former French President.
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Former French President at the heart of a job scandal
In today's French press review, we look at the portrait of the former French leader Jacques Chirac.
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Former PM de Villepin has 2012 poll in sight
Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who faces charges of complicity in a smear campaign targeting Nicolas Sarkozy, has re-positioned himself as a potential rival for the presidency, saying he wants to embody a "Republican alternative".
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Sarkozy's son elected to board of influential agency
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.
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