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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?

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.

09/11/2011

French press review 9 November 2011

Tax-dodging millionaires annoy the left.

Liliane Bettencourt, le 26 janvier 2011.
17/10/2011 - France

Court rules L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt unfit to run affairs

L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt is to be placed under the guardianship of her eldest grandson, Jean-Victor Meyers, who is 25 years old; the lawyer of her estranged daughter said on ...

31/08/2011

French press review 31 August 2011

As is often the case, the French papers can’t agree on the day's top stories.

22/07/2011 - France

L'Oréal heiress Bettencourt rumoured to owe millions in tax

France’s richest woman and heiress to the L'Oréal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt, owes around 30 million euros to the French tax authorities, according to the left-leaning weekly ...

06/07/2011 - France

LVMH boss is France's richest man

The CEO of the French luxury company LVMH is France’s richest man with a fortune worth some 22.76 billion euros.

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