Click World News (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Kjella writes "A little over a week ago we discussed the EU's forbidding of disconnecting users from the Internet. But even after having passed with an 88% approval in the European Parliament, and passing through the European Commission, it was all undone last week. The European Council, led by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, removed the amendment before passing the Telecom package....
People Daily (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy Saturday denied a report that the European Commission was blocking a French bank rescue plan, saying France and the EU are still in negotiations. Sarkozy was responding to a Financial Times report on Friday which said that the European Commission would block the plan unless the banks reduced their lending. The EU is "absolutely not" blocking...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy here Saturday condemned the deadly attacks in India's Mumbai with an offer of intelligence assistance. Sarkozy made the condemnation and pledged the offer in sideline remarks of a UN-sponsered international conference on financing for development which opened in the Qatari capital Doha on Saturday. Strongly condemning the attacks as "barbarity in...
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
(PRAGUE) - Czech eurosceptic President Vaclav Klaus on Friday, blasted his prime minister's "camaraderie" with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who holds the EU presidency until the end of the year
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
The Czech government has apologised after a local newspaper published a "transcript" of an undiplomatic conversation between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Czech premier.
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Business leaders expressed concern that French commercial interests in China could be harmed in the wake of the cancellation of a summit between Beijing and the EU
People Daily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for a coordinated plan to revive the European economy, saying 1 percent of European Union gross domestic product would be appropriate. "The European stability and growth pact should be applied with flexibility," Sarkozy and Merkel wrote in a joint newspaper article to be published Wednesday in...
France24 (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
French deputies are meeting to examine plans to reform French public broadcasting, while union members of the sector are calling for a 24-hour strike.
The Secret Person (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Depsite Blair giving up part of our EU rebate in return for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy from 2013, it looks like French farmers will be guaranteed protection and therefore in effect the continuation of the CAP, before any talks take place. Talks were planned to reduce tariffs and subsidies in the EU, allowing increased [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Beijing - China warned French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday that relations between the two countries would suffer if he goes ahead with plans to meet the Dalai Lama. It is time for the French side to make a choice, foreign ministry spokesman...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Beijing - China Tuesday called on French President Nicolas Sarkozy to cancel his planned meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. It was time for the French side to make a choice, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in Beiji...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Beijing - China Tuesday called on French President Nicolas Sarkozy to cancel his planned meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. It was time for the French side to make a choice, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in Beiji...
Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technolog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Despite European Parliament voting to include amendment that users cannot be disconnected from the Internet "without a prior ruling by the judicial authorities," French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who conveniently holds the European Council Presidency, manages to have the amendment stripped from a final version. France continues to be in an odd position these days as entertainment...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned French President Nicolas Sarkozy to call off a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying on Tuesday that it was up to Sarkozy to create the right conditions for putting China-EU relations back on track.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy distanced himself from the arrest of journalist Vittorio Fillipis and said he would push for a change to laws on defamation, after the incident raised fears of a campaign intended to intimidate the press.
