Topic: Jacques Chirac
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Merkel, Hollande pledge to find common ground on European growth
French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held the first of many meetings yesterday, discussing proposals for augmenting austerity with stimulus measures.
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François Hollande – no more 'Mr. Pudding'?
Style – more than policy differences on austerity – separated Socialist winner François Hollande from Nicolas Sarkozy in the French presidential elections. France may have simply preferred Hollande, dubbed 'Mr. Pudding,' over bombastic Sarkozy. But Hollande may not be so soft.
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If Hollande wins French election, Europe won't collapse – just shift a bit
Socialist François Hollande may well win the French presidential election. But don't expect a big brawl or gridlock with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over austerity and debt. Markets will keep Hollande in check. And then there's the tradition of German-French cooperation.
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French presidential elections will be referendum on Sarkozy, the man
The first round of French presidential elections are Sunday. Incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy is facing the lowest approval ratings of a modern president, largely due to distaste with his style, not platform.
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In increasingly urban France, farmers still wield political clout
France's rural community is shrinking, but candidates in next week's presidential election are careful to woo farmers, who turn out in higher rates than other voters.
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Global News Blog
France's far-right presidential hopeful Le Pen clears crucial election hurdle
Ms. Le Pen – who has attacked the rise of Islam in France – garnered the required signatures to get on the April 2012 presidential ballot.
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Man grabs French leader Sarkozy, is detained [Video]
An unarmed 32-year-old Frenchman who works in the theater industry and didn't have a previous police record carried out the act of aggression Thursday against the outspoken and divisive Sarkozy, authorities said, and they are trying to find out why.
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Terrorism & Security
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo may be considering surrender
Overnight attacks by the UN and France on the residence of renegade president Gbagbo have empowered the forces of elected President Ouattara and reportedly brought Gbago to the brink of surrendering.
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Gbagbo plays 'ugly colonialist' card as France intervenes in Ivory Coast
French-speaking Ivory Coast has long had close ties to its former colonial power. But relations have deteriorated under strongman Laurent Gbagbo.
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Lebanon's cautionary tale for Arab uprisings
Toppling a regime – something Lebanese achieved with a spontaneous rally of more than 1 million people six years ago today – is just the first step. Today, the March 14 coalition is struggling.
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In Lebanon, the Hariri tribunal finds itself on trial
A UN-backed international tribunal examining the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri threatens a fragile stability in Lebanon, where the government of Hariri's son recently fell over disputes about the tribunal's role.
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Global News Blog
Sarkozy angers French judges, chides ministers, disses multiculturalism – and sinks in polls
Despite a week of big headlines for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, he's at his lowest approval rating of his presidency.
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France's Marine Le Pen aims to shape a 21st century far right
Marine Le Pen reached out to right and left in her first speech as leader of France's far-right National Front party. She also spoke to core party values, saying France was 'at risk of dismemberment.'
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France's season of scandal stirs rivalries within Sarkozy's party
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his government have been hit with a slew of scandals in recent months, most recently a tangle with French media.
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Sarkozy cabinet reshuffle aims to capture Gaullist fields of French right
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet reshuffle Sunday shows an Elysée Palace with a sharp eye on the 2012 elections. Sarkozy's ratings are at a historic low.
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Facing a rising China, Russia looks to boost Europe ties
The leaders of France, Germany, and Russia will meet this week in Deauville, France, as a first step toward fostering closer ties.
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French strikes over pension reform hold lesson for the US and other countries
French strikes in 1995 caused Paris to back off of pension reform. Now the French government is trying again, and it is again being met by massive strikes. Delay, however, only makes pension reform more costly.
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Journey: My Political Life
Tony Blair’s engaging memoir lauds George W. Bush and defends the difficult decisions that politicians must make.
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France's National Front: Will Marine Le Pen take the reins?
Founder Jean-Marie Le Pen is silent on who will next lead the National Front party: Marine Le Pen, his populist daughter, or Bruno Gollnisch, his 'purist' right-hand man.
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Cave of Altamira to reopen, despite warning of damage to prehistoric paintings
The Cave of Altamira, a Spanish cave complex that has prized prehistoric paintings, will be reopened, despite scientists warning that heat and moisture from humans could damage the site.
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Cannes Film Festival's 'Hors la Loi': How well does France face its past in Algeria?
At the Cannes Film Festival last month, riot police reined in protests over 'Hors la Loi,' a film that sparked clashes over the French Army's 1945 massacre in Algeria of at least 10,000.
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Former French prime minister acquitted in slander trial
The acquittal of Dominique de Villepin over an alleged smear campaign clears the French former prime minister to return to politics and challenge President Nicolas Sarkozy's reelection in 2012.
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Rwanda genocide: Will new report close the book on who started it?
The Mutszini report released Monday collects new Belgian military testimony, ballistics investigations by British experts, previous UN reports, and some 557 witness testimonies – in an effort to take a definitive position on the April 6, 1994 presidential assassination that started the Rwanda genocide.
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Obama will lobby for Chicago 2016 bid at Olympic vote
President Obama said Monday he will travel to the IOC meeting in Copenhagen on Oct. 2 to support the Chicago 2016 bid.
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A day of reckoning for Bush's 'torture' lawyers
Attorney General Eric Holder must follow the gold standard of Nuremburg.
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