The French president was hoping to be hailed at the G20 summit as the saviour of the euro.
Flanked by the flags of Tunisia and his Islamist party, Rachid Ghannouchi, known by followers as "the Sheikh", is avuncular and professorial.
Sexism in politics and the country in general is under siege, signifying a welcome change.
The latest sensation in France’s love-hate relationship with its first lady has been whether Carla Bruni is pregnant.
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/ 15 November 2010
Editors say Nicolas Sarkozy is using the French secret service to spy on journalists.
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/ 15 November 2010
Three African leaders and their families are to be investigated in Paris for allegedly embezzling state funds to acquire vast assets in France.
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/ 7 November 2008
The €100-million restoration of the massive 19th-century parlour is Paris’s art event of the year.
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/ 20 October 2008
In his first newspaper interview since his high court victory, Max Mosley tells why he’ll never change his sexual habits.
The world’s most visited museum will have Europe’s biggest purpose-built exhibition space for an Islamic art collection.
For the past seven days Ingrid Betancourt has engaged in an extraordinary frenzy of tarmac reunions, presidential meetings and public addresses.