World news about “Nicolas Sarkozy” published by euronews.
Berlin and Paris frustrated as Greeks delay bailout talks German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed exasperation at the time the Greek government is taking to accept the latest tranche of austerity and reform… 06/02/2012
Sarkozy takes election gamble with economy plans Are they daring or disastrous? Opinion is divided in France after President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled tough measures that he hopes will get his country out of… 30/01/2012
Sarkozy announces economic plans for re-election French President Nicolas Sarkozy has set out his plans to deal with the country’s faltering economy, portraying himself as the man tough enough to take tough… 30/01/2012
Afghan unease over French troop pullout Afghans have warned that a hasty French withdrawal from their country could lead to more instability. President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that all of… 28/01/2012
France to end Afghanistan mission in 2013 France is to pull its 3,600 troops out of Afghanistan at the end of next year. President Nicolas Sarkozy made the announcement during a visit to Paris by his… 27/01/2012
Armenian couple name their baby “Sarkozy” A couple in Armenia have named their new-born baby Sarkozy in honour of France’s president. It comes after the French Senate voted to make it illegal to deny… 26/01/2012
France seeks to mend ties with Turkey over genocide law France has urged Turkey not to take tit-for-tat measures over a draft bill that makes it illegal to deny the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman… 24/01/2012
France passes ‘genocide’ bill After a debate lasting more than seven hours, the French Senate voted to back a controversial new law making it illegal to refer to the killing of Armenians… 24/01/2012
France easily sells bonds as Sarkozy attacks S&P It was almost like Standard and Poor’s stripping France of its AAA credit rating never happened as on Thursday, in its first auction of medium-term government… 19/01/2012
Sarkozy woos unions ahead of election Nicholas Sarkozy, battling to regain popularity ahead of a coming presidential election, has been trying to convince union leaders to back controversial… 18/01/2012
French downgrade jars Germans France’s loss of a triple-A credit rating from one agency has put a nasty scratch in Nicolas Sarkozy’s policy record, less than 100 days from a presidential… 16/01/2012
France and Spain defiant after dowgrades The French and Spanish leaders have joined forces in trying to shrug off the dowgrading of their countries’ economies by the rating agency S&P. France lost… 16/01/2012
Sarkozy breaks silence after French downgrade Nicolas Sarkozy has called on French people to resist and fight in the face of the crisis, two days after France saw its credit rating downgraded by leading… 15/01/2012
Downgrade upgrades French election The credit rating downgrade may have caused little surprise in France, but it is adding a little spice to the country’s presidential election, just 100 days… 14/01/2012
Sarkozy Lagarde crisis meeting With the eurozone deeply mired in a debt crisis, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde was in Paris on Wednesday for talks with French President… 11/01/2012
Sarkozy and Merkel hold first 2012 crisis talks German and French leaders have held their first euro crisis meeting of 2012. Among the issues discussed in Berlin by Chancellor Angela Merkel and President… 10/01/2012
Financial tax backed by Germany and France German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appeared relaxed when they faced the press following their first crisis meeting of… 09/01/2012
ECB moves to stimulate economy expectedResponding to a deepening economic slowdown and Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, financial analysts expect a more accommodative monetary stance from the… 07/12/2011
Germany faces more pressure to back eurobonds Germany’s failed bond auction on Wednesday may lead to movement from Berlin on the subject of Eurobonds when France’s Nicolas Sarkozy meets Angela Merkel… 24/11/2011
Armistice ceremony in Paris – nocomment Ceremonies marking the end of World War One have been held in Paris. 11/11/2011
Sarkozy jogs in the rain as clouds gather over Europe – nocomment French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes jogging along La Croisette in Cannes under the clouds that gathered during the G20 summit. 05/11/2011
Sarkozy struggles to save his summit French President Nicolas Sarkozy had hoped the G20 summit in Cannes would be one of the crowning moments of his five years running France. He had hoped to… 03/11/2011
EU leaders agree euro zone plan – nocomment Europe’s leaders have finally agreed a euro zone rescue plan after marathon talks lasting more than eight hours. 27/10/2011
High stakes at euro summit As the latest euro rescue summit loomed, there remained major differences on confronting the currency bloc’s worsening sovereign debt crisis Germany set the… 25/10/2011
EU leaders gather in Brussels for crucial summit Europe’s leaders arrived at the European Council for the crucial two-leg summit to tackle the deepening sovereign debt crisis. German Chancellor, Angela… 23/10/2011
Corruption allegations swirl around Sarkozy The repercussions of a bombing in the Pakistani city of Karachi in 2002 continue to be felt in France. Eleven French engineers died in the attack, which it is… 23/09/2011
Libya: Sarkozy, the people’s hero – nocomment Libyan people thanked Nicolas Sarkozy for his support as the French President visited Tripoli with the British Prime Minister David Cameron. 16/09/2011
Markets want more from Merkel and Sarkozy The leaders of the euro zone’s two biggest economies have vowed on moving to a more integrated Europe. But the business world was expecting more. French… 17/08/2011
European markets volatile after Sarkozy-Merkel talks Another volatile day for European shares. Markets closed at their highest level in more than a week on Wednesday after early losses following disappointment… 17/08/2011
Merkel and Sarkozy fly to the aid of the euro They are pre-ordained to agree. Even if reportedly behind the scenes sparks fly between Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, once again they find themselves on… 15/08/2011
Le Tour de l’EuroWill the EU’s beloved euro project survive? With so much uncertainty currently facing the European single currency, comparisons with this year’s Tour de… 21/07/2011
Nicolas Sarkozy pays tribute to soldiers – nocomment Parliament in Paris has paid tribute to five French soldiers killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, in the northeastern province of Kapisa. 20/07/2011
Firefighters jump on Champs-Elysees – nocomment Members of the 200-year-old Paris fire-brigade ended the July 14 – Bastille Day – military parade, with a gymnastics demonstration to non-military music, such… 15/07/2011
Bastille Day haka – nocomment French soldiers from overseas territories do the haka for the official military parade on the Champs-Elysees for Bastille Day. 15/07/2011
Sarkozy in Afghanistan – nocomment French President Nicolas Sarkozy met French troops in the region of Surobi, in a five-hour visit to Afghanistan. 13/07/2011
French president manhandled – nocomment As French President Nicholas Sarkozy greeted a small crowd in the town of Brax, about 70 miles from Toulouse, a man reached out and grabbed him by the lapel… 01/07/2011
Rising commodity costs threaten global economy, Sarkozy warns Spiralling food and energy prices are threatening global economic growth, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned. Speaking in Brussels, the current G20… 14/06/2011
Effigies of G8 leaders can-can in Paris protest – nocomment Sarkozy and G8 leaders walkabout in Deauville during the G8 summit. While in Paris, effigies of G8 leaders throw up their legs in protest in an Oxfam can-can… 27/05/2011
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy pregnant – nocomment France’s First Lady greeted the spouses of the world leaders ahead of the G8 summit in Deauville. It was the first obvious signs of a pregnant Carla… 27/05/2011
Sarkozy calls for tougher internet regulation The world’s first ever e-G8 forum is taking place in Paris, with the technology industry’s leading lights all present. The main area of discussion – internet… 24/05/2011
Caricatures of G8 leaders playing poker – nocomment Papier-mache effigies representing G8 leaders laid their cards out on a poker table in Paris, calling for action and commitment at the upcoming Group of Eight… 24/05/2011
France’s President Sarkozy commemorates Victory in Europe Day in ParisFrance’s President Nicolas Sarkozy lays a wreath at the statue of Charles de Gaulle to commemorate the Victory in Europe Day of May 8, 1945, during a ceremony… 08/05/2011
French-Italian border spat meeting The leaders of France and Italy will meet this Tuesday for what is being described as a calming of tempers — a summit over immigration across their shared… 25/04/2011
Europe Weekly: nuclear cheque and voter incentives In the Europe Weekly review of important stories, Hungary’s ruling party is criticised as undemocratic, over a new constitution. Tensions remain at the… 22/04/2011
Monetary system reform warning French President Nicolas Sarkozy is warning of the risk of another global economic crisis unless the world’s monetary system is urgently overhauled. He was… 31/03/2011
Exclusive: Saif al-Gaddafi ‘wants money back from Sarkozy’ With the situation in Libya still tense and, above all, highly fluid, Colonel Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi gave euronews his personal views on the… 16/03/2011
EXCLUSIVE – Gaddafi to Sarkozy: ‘give us back our money’ ‘That clown Sarkozy’: see the exclusive euronews interview with Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi the son of Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi. Coming up on euronews… 16/03/2011
Sarkozy and Monti unite on euro crisisHe is trying to reassure European partners that his technocrat government can boost Italy’s ailing economy. On a visit to Paris, Mario Monti certainly… 06/01/2012
Merkel and Sarkozy’s “Dinner” becomes cult net hitA German reworking of a 1960s British comedy sketch has become an internet hit. The original Dinner for One is already cult viewing on New Year’s Eve in… 04/01/2012
New arms deal allegations hit SarkozyFour months ahead of presidential elections, France’s Nicholas Sarkozy has found himself in the middle of a corruption scandal. French newspaper Liberation… 02/01/2012
Babacan accuses Sarkozy of breaking promiseNo Christmas cheer between Turkey and France, whose controversial voting of a law criminalising genocide denial has angered Turks who feel it is targetting… 25/12/2011
Sarkozy hits back over Turkish claims of French genocideA war of words is heating up between Paris and Ankara. The Turkish prime minister has accused France of genocide in Algeria. This a day after France’s… 23/12/2011
Armenians hail French ‘genocide’ voteThe Armenian Genocide Museum in Yerevan helps preserve the memory of those killed in 1915, to tell their story to future generations. Visitors on Thursday… 22/12/2011
Turkey warns France over Armenian ‘genocide’ lawTurkey’s prime minister is warning France to examine its own history before making laws about Turkey’s in a row over the deaths of Armenians during the time… 18/12/2011
UK-France relations chillierThe diplomatic frost at the latest EU summit has been snowballing in the press. Neither the French nor the British hid their displeasure. The air hung thick… 16/12/2011
Sarkozy stops short of criticising British ‘friends’There was little to suggest any seething anger from the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy on David Cameron’s stance at the summit. The words in his news… 09/12/2011
Failure to reach EU-wide accord on treaty changeAttempts among EU leaders to forge agreement among all 27 states on changing treaties to strengthen the euro zone appear to have failed. In the face of… 09/12/2011
Brussels talks begin to save the euroEuropean leaders have begun arriving in Brussels for a crucial summit aimed at resolving the eurozone debt crisis. The main item on the agenda will be the… 08/12/2011
Merkel and Sarkozy renew appeal for new EU treatyThe European People’s Party is the largest and most influential European-level political party of the centre-right and its leaders have gathered in Marseille… 08/12/2011
Euro zone faces a mass credit downgradeThe euro zone is facing a mass downgrade by Standard and Poor’s on the credit ratings of most of its members. The warning is directed at EU leaders if they… 06/12/2011
Euro zone deal optimism boosts marketsHopes of a solution to the euro zone debt crisis pushed up Europe’s stock markets on Monday as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela… 05/12/2011
Treaty changes must favour Britain says CameronPresident Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister David Cameron met in Paris when the two discussed the eurozone debt crisis. ‘Chilling’ is how David Cameron… 02/12/2011
France’s Sarkozy seeks new EU treatyIt must have been music to Angela Merkel’s ears. The German Chancellor’s calls for EU treaty changes, imposing tougher budget discipline within the euro… 02/12/2011
Sarkozy outlines plans for new French economyThe French president has delivered a major speech on solving the eurozone crisis and boosting growth in France. Speaking in the southern city of Toulon… 01/12/2011
EU treaties set to changeBoosting confidence in the euro and reforming EU treaties to improve governance of the 17 nation eurozone is the aim of France, Germany and Italy following a… 24/11/2011
EU leaders want improved eurozone governanceItaly’s Mario Monti hosted his first meeting with France’s Nicolas Sarkhozy and Germany’s Angela Merkel to discuss his country’s economic crisis and the… 24/11/2011
Monti, Merkel and Sarkozy to hold mini summitMario Monti, is set to meet with Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel on Thursday. The newly appointed Italian Prime Minister, with his Italian and French… 23/11/2011
Lest we forget: remembering the fallenCeremonies have been held across Europe and around the world to remember soldiers who have died in the line of duty. The tradition dates back to 1919, and… 11/11/2011
Sarkozy reportedly cannot bear ‘liar’ NetanyahuFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy called the Israeli Prime Minister ‘a liar’ during the G20 summit in Cannes. The remark about Benjamin Netanyahu was made… 08/11/2011
Sarkozy reportedly tells Obama: Netanyahu is a ‘liar’Overhearing a private chat between two world leaders is something of a journalist’s dream and a diplomat’s nightmare. And that is what several journalists… 08/11/2011
G20 summit ends with focus on IMFWorld leaders left the G20 summit in Cannes with a plan to boost IMF resources – with more money if necessary – and to rebalance the global… 05/11/2011
G20 summit ends with pledge to boost IMFG20 leaders have ended their summit in Cannes after two days dominated by Greek turmoil and the threat to the euro zone and beyond. Many big issues have… 04/11/2011
Sarkozy pushes financial transaction tax ideaSpeaking at the G20, President Sarkozy said there was agreement on the need to be firm on Greece, and he praised Italy for taking measures to balance its… 04/11/2011
Merkel tells Obama no to ECB role in EFSFUS President Barack Obama is at the G20 summit encourage the eurozone to find a solution to its debt problem, which could send America’s weakened economy into… 03/11/2011
Obama and Sarkozy seek common ground at G20Solving Europe’s financial crisis is the most important task facing G20 leaders meeting in Cannes, according to Barack Obama. Like his French counterpart… 03/11/2011
Germany and France talk tough to GreeceFrance’s President Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel have revealed there was some tough talking during an emergency meeting with the… 03/11/2011
G20 crisis meeting ahead of summitAngela Merkel has rushed with other senior figures to a pre-G20 summit working dinner, hosted by Nicolas Sarcozy. The urgency of the meeting came in the… 02/11/2011
Sarkozy: Europe shocked by Greek referendumNicolas Sarkozy says the calling of a referendum in Athens on whether Greece should accept the latest international bailout for its economy came as a… 01/11/2011
Merkel: euro crisis can’t be solved overnightThere are boosted hopes that Europe can get on top of its debt crisis, but the German chancellor is warning not to expect overnight miracles. Angela Merkel… 28/10/2011
After Europe, the world: Sarkozy looks to G20French President Nicolas Sarkozy said budget cuts of between six and eight billion euros will have to be made due to low growth predictions for France… 28/10/2011
EU leaders satisfied with euro-crisis dealAs head of Europe’s leading economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel had gone into these talks promising to protect the German people from shouldering too much of… 27/10/2011
EU leaders seek to heal rifts as euro deadline loomsDespite the smiles the deadline to once and for all find a solution to the euro zone’s debt crisis looms large over Europe’s leaders. After some progress on… 24/10/2011
Leaders land in Brussels for debt-tackling summitEuropean leaders are in Brussels today planning how to deal with the debt crisis. All 27 will be at the meeting discussing measures to stop the problem from… 23/10/2011
‘Bank deal agreed’ at euro zone debt talksEU finance ministers have outlined a provisional deal to protect European banks from a potential Greek debt default, ahead of a leaders’ summit in Brussels… 23/10/2011
With Gaddafi dead, Libyans promised help in rebuildingInternational figures involved in leading the offensive against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi are focusing on Libya moving forward now that the former leader is… 21/10/2011
‘Merkozy’ alone cannot save EUParis and Berlin still disagree over how to strengthen the European Financial Stability Facility, EFSF, which is seen as vital for the future of the euro… 20/10/2011
Talks to tackle the euro zone debt stallKey European political leaders became embroiled in the eurozone debt drama as they gathered in the Frankfurt Opera house to mark the end of Jean-Claude… 20/10/2011
Carla Bruni gives birth to Sarkozy’s baby girlIt is a girl! French first lady Carla Bruni has given birth to President Nicolas Sarkozy’s baby. Earlier on Wednesday, the president spent half an hour… 19/10/2011
French Socialists square up to SarkozyLet battle commence – France’s Socialist party says it is ready to oust Nicolas Sarkozy now it has chosen its candidate for next year’s presidential… 17/10/2011
Swapped Palestinian prisoners to be exiledFollowing French efforts in brokering the Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap, President Nicolas Sarkozy has hosted his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas… 14/10/2011
Paris and Berlin join forces in euro zone fightThe French and German leaders have held another crisis summit on the euro in Berlin, as the EU’s lead pair attempt to speak with one voice. They agreed on a… 09/10/2011
Sarkozy’s foreign policy trip turns sour with TurkeyIn what appear to be comments made for a domestic audience in an election year, the French president has managed to annoy both Turkey and Russia in the last… 07/10/2011
Sarkozy: a Greek failure would be a European failureEurope has a moral obligation to help Greece. Those were the words from the French President after a meeting in Paris with the Greek Prime Minister, as Europe… 01/10/2011
Sarkozy: Europe “morally obliged” to help GreeceEurope has a moral obligation to help Greece. Those were the words from the French President today after a meeting in Paris with the Greek Prime Minister, as… 30/09/2011
French left seizes Senate in blow to SarkozyFrance’s left-wing opposition has won control of the upper house of parliament in a big blow to Nicolas Sarkozy ahead of next year’s presidential… 26/09/2011
Sarkozy marks Statue of Liberty anniversaryFrench President Nicholas Sarkozy has celebrated the 125th anniversary of New York’s Statue of Liberty. The sculpture, which has become a symbol of freedom… 23/09/2011
Sarkozy proposes Palestinian compromise at UNThe French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested the UN create a non-member observer state of Palestine. He proposed a one-year roadmap for peace in the… 21/09/2011
Heroes’ welcome for Cameron and SarkozyBritish Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have been given a heroes’ welcome in the Libyan city of Benghazi. The pair became… 16/09/2011
Libyans hail Cameron, SarkozyA roaring welcome in Libya’s second city of Benghazi greeted Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron. The British Prime Minister and French President shared the… 15/09/2011
Cameron and Sarkozy bring message of support to TripoliThe British and French leaders have pledged continued support for Libya’s new rulers during a visit to Tripoli. Prime Minister David Cameron and President… 15/09/2011
