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10. No Champagne for Sarkozy

                   
iht.com
May 4, 2008
        
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One year into Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency, his popularity has slumped to 32 percent, lawmakers are restive, and tightening credit and growing inflation have gnawed at growth and morale. ... A year ago, Nicolas Sarkozy had it all: the French presidency, a 65-percent... [read full story]                    

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Nicolas Sarkozy Sinks in the Polls

 rian.ru May 7, 2008
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One year on, unpopular Sarkozy sticks to reform path

 turkishdailynews.com.tr May 5, 2008
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Nicolas Sarkozy Sinks in the Polls

rian.ru
May 7, 2008
        

"Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination." George Bernard Shaw's famously caustic comment on royalty succinctly describes French President Nicholas Sarkozy. Almost a year ago, France was under his spell, and elected him president on May 6 of last year. But by this spring the...

                   

Sarko Is No Reagan

heritage.org
May 7, 2008
        

When French voters swept Nicolas Sarkozy into the Elysee Palace in May 2007, he was hailed as a brave reformer, a radical free marketeer who would challenge decades of socialist economic consensus. ... Some even dubbed him a modern-day French Reagan, or a Gallic heir to...

                   

Sarkozy's Presidential Anniversary: Sarkozy l'Américain?

agonist.org
May 7, 2008
        

When Nicolas Sarkozy was elected president one year ago today, the US media were full of praise for him and expected a big improvement in transatlantic relations. Sarkozy's pro-American rhetoric was very much appreciated, because it was a big contrast to Gerhard Schroeder's US critical election...

Sarkozy Blows His Chance to Revive French Economy

newsvine.com
May 7, 2008
        

Matthew Lynn writes at Bloomberg: So what happened to the ``rupture,'' the decisive break with the past that Nicolas Sarkozy promised France when he campaigned for the presidency last year? ... Politics provides very small windows of opportunity for real action, and...

Sarkozy to rule on French aircraft carrier in June

frstrategie.org
May 6, 2008
        

PARIS, May 6 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will decide next month whether France should acquire a second aircraft carrier, bearing in mind the project's significant cost, Sarkozy's chief of staff said on Tuesday. Sarkozy said during the campaign for last...

                   
newslookup.com: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new girlfriend, Italian singer and former model Carla Bruni newslookup.com

One Year On, Hopes in French President Plummet

newslookup.com
May 6, 2008
        

A year after his election win, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ratings have nosedived amid irritation at his flamboyant lifestyle and economic woes. But some say the French want to have their cake and eat it. ... Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:...

                   
dw-world.de: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new girlfriend, Italian singer and former model Carla Bruni dw-world.de

One Year On, Hopes in French President Plummet

dw-world.de
May 6, 2008
        

A year after his election win, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ratings have nosedived amid irritation at his flamboyant lifestyle and economic woes. But some say the French want to have their cake and eat it. ... Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:...

Nicolas Sarkozy

thenews.com.pk
May 6, 2008
        

PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy prepared to mark his first year as French president on Tuesday, battered by a disastrous fall in popularity that risks undermin ... prepared to mark his first year as French president on Tuesday, battered by a disastrous fall in popularity that...

                   

SARKOZY UNDER SIEGE

ericmargolis.com
May 5, 2008
        

METZ, France - This ancient stronghold in eastern France which guards the traditional invasion route down the Mosel River valley is the world’s most heavily fortified city. Ringed by belts of powerful forts built by the French and Germans, and... ... METZ, France - Ringed...

                   

One year on, unpopular Sarkozy sticks to reform path

turkishdailynews.com.tr
May 5, 2008
        

The French are angry that Nicolas Sarkozy has not kept his promise to make them richer and are irked by his flamboyant private life, but despite dismal poll ratings the president looks set to stick ... to his reform agenda, analysts said. When the right-wing Sarkozy...