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Virtually every poll this year had Socialist Francois Hollande defeating conservative (incumbent) Nicolas Sarkozy. And those polls were vindicated when Hollande came out on top in the first round of elections for the Elysée two weeks ago. This is why it came as no surprise when he handily defeated Sarkozy in a runoff yesterday (52… Read more.
‘I can’t stand him. He’s a liar,’ Sarkozy said of Netanyahu. ‘You’re tired of him; what about me? I have to deal with him every day,’ Obama replied. (CNN, November 8, 2011) This is the private exchange between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. President Barack Obama that was caught on an open microphone at… Read more.
In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity… The burqa is not a religious sign; it’s a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement – I want to say it solemnly … it will not be welcome on the territory… Read more.
Even though I endorsed his opponent, Segolene Royal, I admired the way Nicolas Sarkozy maneuvered his way through France’s notorious political caste system to become president of France. After all, he had neither the family nor the academic background of a would-be president. But I soon realized that what made the diminutive Sarkozy so successful… Read more.
