Nicolas Sarkozy
Women’s clothing: Don’t fight oppression with oppression
France’s Union for Popular Movement (UMP) – which, when previously led by Nicolas Sarkozy banned the burqa in France – sparked controversy recently as female British MPs criticized the party over a sexism row.
By Rima Amin | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 8 August 2012 at 3:00 am
What if the eurozone comes good?
Three doses of me in The Independent on Sunday today. My column asks the question, What if the eurozone comes good?
Charles Arthur, one of my former colleagues, thinks this is like saying, “I’m sure the giant asteroid will see sense and swerve away.” Maybe, but on the Black Swan principle I consider the unexpected.
I know [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 4 December 2011 at 2:03 pm
Boosting the IMF – no Cannes do?
According to the New York Times today, President Obama has been telling eurozone leaders here in Cannes that they should solve their own problems, rather than relying on the IMF.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Friday, 4 November 2011 at 11:22 am
Is France the real Financial Transaction Tax villain?
The real object of frustration among some is now France. They think President Nicolas Sarkozy isn’t pushing the FTT hard enough behind the scenes, despite his commissioning of Bill Gates to conduct a heavyweight report on the subject for this G20 meeting.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Friday, 4 November 2011 at 7:06 am
The Arab Spring and the EU’s internal open borders
Over the last week there has been growing political pressure to review the Schengen system of open internal borders inside the Continental EU. President Sarkozy led the call, reacting to the appearance in Italy of thousands of Tunisians, irregular migrants escaping the instability in North Africa. They arrived in Italy due to the relative [...]
By Matt Cavanagh | Notebook | Thursday, 5 May 2011 at 6:00 am
Sarko-nomics
It is sometimes difficult for the British and for the rest of the world to understand the European mentality. That is to say the mentality of some of Europe’s leaders. Hence President Sarkozy’s extra-loud declaration of commitment to the euro, just in case we didn’t believe it the first time.
By Sean O'Grady | Econoblog | Thursday, 27 January 2011 at 3:20 pm
Sneering Sarko caught on camera
How a momentary body language bloomer can set the news agenda
By Archie Bland | The Foreign Desk | Friday, 17 September 2010 at 11:53 am
Goodluck? You’ll need it, Jonathan, for this game of political football
By intervening with his national team, the Nigerian president is on a hiding to nothing
By Archie Bland | Sport, The Foreign Desk | Thursday, 1 July 2010 at 1:36 pm
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