French president expected to receive boost to personal standing Nicolas Sarkozy was hoping for a much-needed boost tonight as his ruling centre-right party was expected to win the biggest share of the vote in the European elections in France. If the predictions prove correct, it would be the first time in years that a French incumbent government has won an interim election. The French president de...

After months of rumours, plummeting approval ratings, and battles with anti-reform protesters, French President Nicolas Sarkozy reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday. With a new government in place, the worst of the reforms behind him and the G-20 chairmanship in the offing, President Sarkozy is hoping to rebuild his profile before the next presidential election. But will it work? The popular Franç...

Last week, French President Sarkozy spoke to the annual gathering of his country’s ambassadors. Since he came to power, the French leader has used the annual event to welcome his countrymen back from their holidays and garner a few headlines. This year proved no different with an attack on the Iranian regime receiving the most attention. In a powerful line, the French president pointed out: ...

DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty ImagesWith the forceful gallantry of a modern-day Errol Flynn, French President, Nicolas Sarkozy sent in a unit of French troops to rescue two French natives captured by pirates while vacationing on their yacht earlier this month. This is the second such rescue operation France has initiated in the last five months. Even more rousing than Sarkozy's heroic flair was h...

A French appeals court says Voodoo dolls of President Nicolas Sarkozy may remain on sale, but must carry a notice saying that pricking them harms the president's dignity.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has told car companies who are set to get a 6 billion government bailout that they should keep jobs in France. Deutshe Welle Sarkozy has said French car companies should locate plants at home rather than in countries like the Czech Republic. One of the conditions for bailout is that car makers must keep jobs in France. Our "one eyed scottish idiot" Crash Gordon wou...

French people having an affair. Rumours that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are both having affairs are gaining momentum in France. Well I never. That is surprising, isn’t it?

A French court on Wednesday rejected President Nicolas Sarkozy's demand for a ban on a Sarkozy doll and voodoo manual that encourages readers to stick pins in it.

Is Tony Blair to become the First President of the European Union? "Tony Blair is poised to become the first President of Europe after it was confirmed that French leader Nicolas Sarkozy is determined to help him win the post. A senior aide to President Sarkozy told a private gathering of senior British and French politicians that he is to tell fellow EU leaders that Mr Blair is the only man who c...

French trade unions launched the second 24-hour strike in a month on Thursday (23 September) against President Nicolas Sarkozy's unpopular pension reform, seeking to force his government to go back on plans to end retirement at 60.