Charles Bremner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nicolas Sarkozy had a hard time in Normandy yesterday trying to convince workers at a Renault car factory that he was a regular guy who understood their fear of losing their jobs. That might be because of photographs such as...
Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A serious crisis of confidence is shaking the global economy and financial activity. Europe cannot but be affected by its consequences, despite the reliability of the managers of its financial institutions. Thus, we have seen a significant slowdown in growth, and European enterprises – particularly SMEs, the main providers of employment and engines of growth in Europe – are facing increasing financial...
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analys (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Bloomberg is reporting European Crisis Deepens; Officials Vow to Save Banks . The global credit crunch deepened in Europe as government leaders pledged to bail out troubled banks and protect depositors. BNP Paribas SA will take control of Fortis's units in Belgium and Luxembourg after government efforts to ensure the company's stability failed, while Germany's government and financial institutions...
GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
According to Le Salon Beige , quoting from a post by Anne Kling , Nicolas Sarkozy made the following comments in 2007, when he was campaigning for the presidency: On mortgage credits: "French households today have fewer debts than any other nation of Europe. Now, an economy that does not have sufficient debts is an economy that does not believe in the future, that has doubts about its abilities, that...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Paris prosecutor recommended Tuesday that former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin stand trial over suspicions he had a hand in a campaign to smear Nicolas Sarkozy before Sarkozy was elected president.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Calls for former French PM Dominique de Villepin to face trial for his alleged part in a plot to smear President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. president calls Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi about co-ordinating efforts
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
PRESIDENT NICOLAS Sarkozy of France has ordered companies to rein in executive pay and curb rewards for failing top management or face legislation next year.
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday spoke to key European allies about the instability in the financial markets, including British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the White House said.
MediaChannel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By IFJ The European Federation of Journalists said it is worried about some proposals made by the French President Nicolas Sarkozy as he launched a national discussion on print media.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nicolas Sarkozy's restless activism may have galvanised the European Union into taking the diplomatic lead in the Georgia crisis, but his attempt to assert EU leadership in the financial crisis looks less convincing.
Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
Photo: Getty Images Marc Jacobs is perhaps the only person who can top Marc Jacobs. After he presented his spring 2009 Louis Vuitton show in Paris yesterday, he may have trumped the collection by taking his bow in high heels — a stacked variety à la French president Nicolas Sarkozy . Needless to say, the choice of footwear left the fashion flock abuzz. We spend more time talking about the clothes...
France24 (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The European Union will take "all the necessary steps" to guarantee the stability of its financial system and protects savings, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday on behalf of the 27 EU member states.
French Politics (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Wolfgang Munchau comments on the need for a European bank rescue plan and has praise for Sarkozy: Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, was therefore right when he appeared to back a €300bn rescue fund. Regular readers of this column will probably recall my somewhat constrained enthusiasm for his economic policies. But this had the makings of a good plan. He ended up distancing himself from it,
