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11/05/2012 - France

Nicolas Sarkozy faces possible investigations after losing presidential immunity in France

Outgoing French president Nicolas Sarkozy faces possible legal probes into allegations of corruption and illicit campaign financing when he steps down next week and loses his presidential ...

08/04/2012

French weekly magazines review

Can Sarkozy beat Hollande in the presidential election? Are both leading candidates liars? Does Sarkozy see crazed Islamists everywhere? Can the shrinks explain the way politicians behave?

01/04/2012

French weekly magazines review

Did Mohamed Merah help Sarkozy's reelection prospects? Could security services have prevented his killing spree? Is jihad stalking France's jails?

31/03/2012

French press review 31 March 2012

The arrest in France of 17 suspected members of Islamists networks makes the front pages of Saturday’s papers. There's debate on fiscal crisis and its imapct on the presidential campaign.

10/02/2012 - France

French ex-minister Woerth charged with corruption

A French probe has charged an ex-minister close to President Nicolas Sarkozy with corruption one day after he was charged with influence peddling in a case involving the country's richest woman, ...

Eric Woerth at the National Assembly in Paris on 7 February 2012
08/02/2012 - France

Former French minister questioned in Bettencourt affair

A former French minister headed to a Bordeaux court on Wednesday to testify before investigating judges, over his role in an illegal financing campaign by L’Oreal heiress Liliane ...

02/02/2012

French press review 2 February 2012

More election news on the front pages of the French press with rival candidates, François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy dominating the headlines.

04/12/2011

French weekly magazines review

The ongoing economic crisis facing the eurozone, political wrangling ahead of next year's presidential election and the trials and tribulations - once again - of Dominque Strauss-Kahn dominate the ...

09/11/2011

French press review 9 November 2011

Tax-dodging millionaires annoy the left.

18/10/2011 - France

French spy chief should resign, say Sarkozy opponents

France's opposition on Tuesday called for the resignation of Bernard Squarcini, the head of the country's domestic intelligence agency, and friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy, after he was ...

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