http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nicolassarkozy/ en-us Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:42:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148396/posts PRAGUE, (AFP) Czech President Vaclav Klaus hit out at the EU climate deal concluded Friday and described global climate issues as "a silly luxury." "I do not like the way they forced it", Klaus said shortly after an agreement was announced in Brussels. He also claimed that his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy had "pushed" the deal so that it would not be left when the Czech Republic takes over the EU presidency from France on January 1. "This is scandalous," he said. "We should have been able to discuss it during our presidency, to force it now is not very... Space Daily / Agence France-Presse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148396/posts#comment Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:42:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993561/posts Like pensions and insurance, defence is one of those subjects to which too many people only pay attention when things go wrong. You might think, in the light of the past decade, that this would have changed. But you would be sadly mistaken. Even today, even after Iraq, few mainstream MPs without an immediate personal or constituency interest in the subject turn up in the Commons for defence debates. Many politicians who are thoughtful about a range of domestic issues still pass by on the other side when the conversation gravitates to the military. In this they reflect the British... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993561/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:17:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950366/posts The prime ministers of Italy and Spain want to join up with France in a joint policy of expelling illegal immigrants from their countries, the French president said Tuesday. Nicolas Sarkozy noted comments made by Romano Prodi of Italy and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain, saying they announced over last month that their nations would no longer grant illegal immigrants residence papers en masse. "You know what they both asked me? That France, Italy and Spain proceed toward collective expulsions," Sarkozy said at a broad-ranging news conference at the presidential palace. He did not elaborate. Sarkozy, both as president... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950366/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:10:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932266/posts In the last few years, it has become popular to say that history is determined largely by sweeping inanimate forces of technology, the environment, gender, class or race. We play down the role of individuals - as if the notion that one person can shape history is old-fashioned. But that's hardly the case. Take Nicolas Sarkozy, the new president of France. For 60 years, the power of the state in France had steadily increased. Government workers were handed lavish entitlements and retirement packages while French competitiveness diminished in a new globalized world. Abroad, traditional French foreign policy cynically tried to... realclearpolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932266/posts#comment Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:55:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904368/posts The venue was different -- the grand hall of the UN General Assembly -- but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's message was the same as it has been for months. Fresh from his performance as a human pinata at Columbia University, the Iranian president took the opportunity this week to remind the nations of the world just how much contempt he and his country held for the UN Security Council. In sum, a lot. After two sets of sanctions, and many more deadlines for Iran to suspend its nuclear program, Ahmadinejad dared the nations of the world to stop Iran's nuclear... The Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904368/posts#comment Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:01:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891127/posts After a brief interruption of his New Hampshire vacation to meet President Bush in the family compound at Kenebunkport, Maine, French President Nicolas Sarkozy came away convinced his U.S. counterpart is serious about bombing Iran's secret nuclear facilities. That's the reading as it filtered back to Europe's foreign ministries: Addressing the annual meeting of France's ambassadors to 188 countries, Mr. Sarkozy said either Iran lives up to its international obligations and relinquishes its nuclear ambitions — or it will be bombed into compliance. Mr. Sarkozy also made it clear he did not agree with the Iranian-bomb-or-bombing-of-Iran position, which reflects the... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891127/posts#comment Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:25:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877003/posts French President Sarkozy Lashes Out at Photographers While on Vacation in U.S. August 06, 2007 CONCORD, N.H. — French President Nicolas Sarkozy lost his temper with two American news photographers covering his vacation Sunday, jumping onto their boat and scolding them loudly in French. The confrontation came Sunday afternoon as Sarkozy and companions were headed for open water in a boat on Lake Winnipesaukee when he spotted Associated Press photographer Jim Cole and freelancer Vince DeWitt aboard Cole's boat, which was outside a buoy barrier monitored by the New Hampshire Marine Patrol. Before Sarkozy spotted him, Cole had driven his... FOX News/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877003/posts#comment Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:02:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858096/posts PARIS - Barbra Streisand performed her first-ever concert in France this week — and was rewarded with a medal of the Legion of Honor. French President Nicolas Sarkozy awarded the medal to Streisand in a ceremony Thursday, the first time he has bestowed the honor since taking over from Jacques Chirac last month. "You are the America that we love," said Sarkozy, who is seen as more U.S.-friendly than Chirac. "Women like you ... do a lot to bring our two peoples together." Onlookers included French crooner Charles Aznavour and actor Alain Delon. Sarkozy's wife, Cecilia, went to Streisand's sole... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858096/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:54:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853683/posts Fred Thompson has played many roles in a long and successful Hollywood career. He was a White House chief of staff alongside Clint Eastwood in In the Line of Fire, director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Kevin Costner hit No Way Out and, for the past five years, has been the gruff New York district attorney in Law & Order, the long-running tele-vision crime drama. Now he has confirmed that he is ready to play the biggest role of his career – this time not in the shiny, fictional world of Hollywood but in the gritty reality of... The Times of London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853683/posts#comment Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:19:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851562/posts Tony Blair, the British prime minister, could end up swapping Downing Street for a job as the first full-time European Union president, under a plan being actively touted by Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president. Mr Sarkozy is understood to have discussed the idea with other EU leaders ahead of next week’s European summit, Mr Blair’s last major international event as prime minister. His support for Mr Blair taking on a big European job is a remarkable sign of Anglo-French rapprochement since Mr Sarkozy replaced Jacques Chirac as president last month. German diplomats say Mr Sarkozy put his plan to Angela... The Financial Times (London, England) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851562/posts#comment Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1831283/posts Just because you’re a woman doesn’t mean that you deserve to be President! Creating Orwellian Worldview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1831283/posts#comment Thu, 10 May 2007 14:05:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1829530/posts Two candidates are running for the presidency of their country. One is anti-American and the other is pro-American. So you would definitely root for the victory of the pro-American candidate, right? Well, yes but only if you are a NORMAL American. If you are a DUmmie or similar Leftwing loon then you would mourn the victory of the pro-American candidate as you can see in this THREAD titled, "BREAKING NEWS: Sarkozy has won French presidential elections." It's a sad time for the DUmmies. Not only is the most anti-American nation in Europe now headed by a leader friendly to... DUmmie FUnnies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1829530/posts#comment Mon, 7 May 2007 13:22:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829437/posts On Sunday France elected a pro-American, conservative named Nicolas Sarkozy as its new president. The 52-year-old who beat back by 10 percentage points his Socialist rival, promises an unabashed Thatcherite agenda for France. Sarkozy also replaces the embattled Jacques Chirac, a relic from an earlier age of French politics, who made anti-Americanism his hallmark. Sarkozy campaigned on a platform of sweeping reforms, pledging to dismantle large portions of the social welfare state and to make France competitive on world markets again. He also pledged to reduce taxes, shrink the size of government and shut down redundant government programs. Carrying out... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829437/posts#comment Mon, 7 May 2007 05:04:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829388/posts Let the finger-pointing begin. Ségolène Royal’s defeat on Sunday night left the French Socialist party in disarray and searching for someone to blame. There is hardly a shortage of scapegoats. It is the party’s third consecutive presidential defeat. The Socialists now face the question of whether they can ever regain power without ditching their anti-capitalist rhetoric, as the mainstream left has done across almost all of Europe. Ms Royal can argue that she did better than Lionel Jospin, who in 2002 led the Socialists to a humiliating third place behind Jacques Chirac and far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen. But France’s... The Financial Times (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829388/posts#comment Mon, 7 May 2007 02:12:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1653434/posts In fact Dahou Meskine along with sixteen other people were arrested on Monday and Tuesday for allegedly financing Islamic terrorism. The most probable organization that benefited from this money is the Algerian terrorist group GSPC. In fact, investigators found out that hundreds of thousands of Euros were funneled through some organizations and corporations owned by Meskine and his son to dubious NGOs. Nonetheles one of the persons in charge of the investigation acknowledged today to the daily Liberation that it will be tough to prove that this was done solely to finance terrorism. But what's even more troubling is the... Counterterrorism blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1653434/posts#comment Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:02:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515019/posts AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France - Rampaging youths shot at police and firefighters Thursday after burning car dealerships and public buses and hurling rocks at commuter trains, as eight days of riots over poor conditions in Paris-area housing projects spread to 20 towns. Youths ignored an appeal for calm from President Jacques Chirac, whose government worked feverishly to fend off a political crisis amid criticism that it has ignored problems in neighborhoods heavily populated by first- and second-generation North African and Muslim immigrants. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin called a string of emergency meetings with Cabinet ministers throughout the day. He told the... Associated Press via Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515019/posts#comment Thu, 3 Nov 2005 18:15:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515046/posts The evidence of the previous night's trouble is clear to see on the Bosquets estate. A burnt-out van in Clichy-sous-Bois Burnt-out vehicles and debris remain on Clichy's streets Among the cars parked outside one block of flats are two burnt-out vehicles and small piles of debris. Rocks and stones are strewn across the street. There is no sign of any security presence and people are shopping and chatting as on any normal day. It does not take long to get a sense of the hostility some feel towards the police. A driver pulls up in front of the market, his... BBC News, Clichy-sous-Bois, France http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515046/posts#comment Thu, 3 Nov 2005 18:50:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515104/posts French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday that the riots in several Paris suburbs over the previous night were "not spontaneous" but rather "well organized." "What we saw in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis overnight was not spontaneous, it was perfectly organized. We are looking into by whom and how," Sarkozy told French news channel i-tele. The interior minister also said the government would not allow "troublemakers, a bunch of hoodlums, think they can do whatever they want" in the country. A force of 1,000 police were assigned late Thursday to Seine-Saint-Denis, following the previous night of violence which affected about... Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515104/posts#comment Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:21:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512587/posts Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday defended his tough crime policies against claims they helped increase tension after a fourth night of rioting in a Paris suburb in which tear gas was fired into a mosque. It was not clear who had fired the tear gas and Sarkozy, addressing police officers, vowed to find out what had happened. Youths hurled rocks and set fire to cars in the northeastern Clichy-sous-Bois suburb of the French capital, where many immigrants and poor families live in high-rise housing estates notorious for youth violence. French television said six police officers were hurt ---SNIP--- CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512587/posts#comment Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:04:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432741/posts Nicolas Sarkozy has become the most popular French politician by diving headfirst into the country’s most explosive political issues. If he has his way, this hyperactive, pro-American, Gaullist free marketer will transform French politics for good. When Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California in 2003, all French politicians sneered, except one. For Nicolas Sarkozy, the leader of a center-right Gaullist party and the son of a Hungarian refugee, the rise to power of the Austrian-born Hollywood star was a sure sign of modernity. Commenting soon after Schwarzenegger’s election victory, Sarkozy said, “ [that] someone who’s a foreigner in his... Foreign Policy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432741/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jun 2005 02:23:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1411256/posts President Chirac of France is preparing to throw Europe into confusion and put Britain on the spot by backing moves to keep the European constitution alive if it is rejected in Sunday’s referendum. French diplomats say that M Chirac is expected to urge other countries to proceed with ratification because France does not want to be seen to be blocking the European project. Any attempt to persuade other countries to go ahead will dash the hopes of those in the British Government who believed that a French rejection would make a British referendum unnecessary. British ministers argue that it will... The Times [UK] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1411256/posts#comment Thu, 26 May 2005 23:51:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1377021/posts In this last American election cycle, political observers noted a significant gap between the ways in which George W. Bush and John Kerry approached the delicate matter of politics and religion. Bush was comfortable proclaiming his faith as an integral, if not the most essential, aspect of his life. Kerry, on the other hand, was considerably more reticent. Much of his rhetoric seemed to suggest that American politics is simply a secular affair, in which all political claims derived from religious teaching are prima facie illegitimate, because values cannot or should not be imposed on others who do not share... Policy Review On Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1377021/posts#comment Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:19:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1288921/posts IN THE summer of 1975, at a party congress in Nice, an energetic and ambitious young French centre-right prime minister introduced to the packed auditorium an equally energetic and ambitious centre-right party youth member. The 20-year-old student had travelled on the overnight train, and had written his first political speech on a single sheet of paper. The prime minister warned him to speak for no more than five minutes. Defiant, intoxicated by the applause, he went on for 20. The prime minister was Jacques Chirac. The young hack was Nicolas Sarkozy. As with fine wine, France likes its politicians to... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1288921/posts#comment Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:46:44 GMT