France and Germany unveiled far-reaching plans for closer eurozone integration, but maintained a common euro bond issuance would have to wait.
Western governments lined up to condemn Friday’s twin attacks in Norway, saying the "cowardly" perpetrators demonstrated a lack of humanity.
Aid being compiled in Deauville aims to foster democracy and economic growth in countries such as Egypt and Tunisia.
Internet giants, including the bosses of Facebook and Google, have called on countries at the G8 to guarantee free Internet access to their citizens.
Leaders of the world’s richest nations have gathered for a summit to be dominated by the Arab Spring, the economy, and Japan nuclear disaster.
The e-G8 summit in Paris on the power of the internet was disrupted by cyber-attacks on the forum’s wireless connection.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is not to thank for the Arab Spring, as business leaders prepared to lobby the G8 for more online regulation.
Officially, French troops in Côte d’Ivoire are described by their government as “impartial forces”. This is somewhat disingenuous.
Up to 10 000 Libyans poured onto the streets of Benghazi on Friday, demanding that Muammar Gaddafi quit and praying for victory in the uprising.
France’s commitment to democracy and respect for human rights make it a natural partner for SA, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
Nicolas Sarkozy will on Wednesday welcome Jacob Zuma to France as a key player in Paris’s plan to use its G20 presidency to reform world finance.
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/ 25 February 2011
Last week the Africa Progress Panel met French President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss the importance of the development agenda for his G20 presidency.
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/ 17 February 2011
G20 ministers aim to hammer out common criteria for measuring global economic imbalances at a gathering on Friday and Saturday.
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/ 10 January 2011
Suspected al-Qaeda kidnappers killed two young French hostages in ‘cold blood’ during a failed rescue operation in the deserts of Niger.
Nicolas Sarkozy was to hold talks with Manmohan Singh with a new deal on nuclear power set to be the centrepiece of the meeting.
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/ 12 November 2010
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade’s purchase of a €32-million airplane from French President Nicolas Sarkozy triggered an uproar on Friday.
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/ 27 October 2010
French President Nicolas Sarkozy moved closer to victory on Wednesday in his showdown with unions over pension reform.
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/ 25 October 2010
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s obituary for multiculturalism in Germany is at one with the temper of the times in Europe.
Economy could be paralysed as supplies dry up and trucks come to a halt.
Police cleared protestors blockading French fuel depots on Wednesday as the government warned of economic damage from prolonged strikes.
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/ 19 October 2010
French workers and students took to the streets once again on Tuesday to defend their right to retire at 60.
Dissatisfaction with Sarkozy’s rule rides on back of pension protests
A European row over France’s repatriation of Roma migrants escalated on Friday, pitting President Nicolas Sarkozy against Germany’s Angela Merkel.
The European Union may take legal action against France for the way it has handled the expulsion of Roma migrants.
President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Friday that France would strip the French nationality from foreign-born criminals who use violence against police.
President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Monday that France would avenge the murder of a French aid worker killed by al-Qaeda’s North African wing.
Prosecutors on Wednesday investigated claims that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s campaign received illegal cash from France’s richest woman.
President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday denied allegations that his party had received illegal campaign donations in cash from France’s richest woman.
Sarkozy woos African leaders in a “summit of renewal” to strengthen diplomatic and trade ties.
France will help African countries combat piracy, terrorism and drug-trafficking, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday.
African leaders made their case for a stronger voice in world affairs on Monday ahead of a summit hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Nicolas Sarkozy defended his plan to stop French women wearing the Islamic veil on Wednesday, despite fears that the move may be unconstitutional.