CULTURE: French scholar of ancient Greece Romilly dies at 97
French scholar Jacqueline de Romilly, an expert on ancient Greece who in 1988 became only the second woman to enter the Académie Française, died Saturday aged 97. President Nicolas Sarkozy called her “a great humanist whose voice we will miss”. Read More
DIPLOMACY: France, Germany show united front ahead of EU summit
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Friday in Freiburg to hammer out joint positions before next week’s EU summit. The Franco-German proposals rejected increasing the bloc’s rescue fund and joint sovereign bonds. Read More
DIPLOMACY: France, Germany seek joint positions ahead of EU summit
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet Friday in Freiburg to hammer out joint positions ahead of next week’s EU summit. Franco-German proposals are expected to include rejecting the creation of a eurozone bond. Read More
DIPLOMACY: France, Syria fear violence if Hariri probe indicts Hezbollah
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to discuss how Lebanon can avert renewed violence if a UN tribunal indicts members of Hezbollah in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese premier Rafik al-Hariri. Read More
INDIA: Sarkozy slams ‘unacceptable’ Pakistan on last leg of India visit
On his last stop on a four-day trip to India, French President Nicolas Sarkozy directly attacked Pakistan in a speech concerning the 2008 suicide bombings in Mumbai, branding Islamabad’s counter-terrorism efforts “unacceptable”. Read More
NUCLEAR POWER: India signs multi-billion euro nuclear deal with France
French company Areva will build two nuclear power plants in west India after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed a seven billion euro agreement with President Nicolas Sarkozy during his four-day trip to the booming nation. Read More
FRANCE: Trade, nuclear power deals top Sarkozy’s India wish list
French President Nicolas Sarkozy began a four-day trip to India Saturday seeking to secure French firms billions of euros in trade and defence deals and to enhance nuclear power cooperation between the two nations. Read More
En Inde, Nicolas Sarkozy veut renforcer le poids de la France
Le président français commence samedi une visite de travail de quatre jours avec, au menu, les questions du nucléaire civil et de la défense, et l’espoir d’avancer vers de nouveaux accords commerciaux. Read More
FRANCE: Sarkozy visits India: trade, defence … and Carla to dominate
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s upcoming four-day visit to India will be dominated by defence, trade and civilian nuclear power issues. But there’s also a private visit to the iconic Taj Mahal – this time with Carla Bruni Sarkozy. Read More
INTERNET: US identified ‘Sarkozy the American’ as firm ally, WikiLeaks says
The United States identified French President Nicolas Sarkozy as one of France’s most pro-American politicians as early as 2006 and noted that his nickname was “Sarkozy the American”, according to US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks this week. Read More