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Sat 03 Mar 2010From Irish au pair to deputy 'chef de cabinet'
INTERVIEW:Sonia Criseo oozes the calm self-assurance of a powerful Parisian – but there’s something about the accent of the French finance ministry’s deputy ‘chef de cabinet’ that sounds familiar to RUADHAN MAC CORMAIC,Paris Correspondent
IT’S THE FIRST of those crisp and dazzling spring mornings in Paris. The colours are sharper, the car horns louder, the streets busier. After a dreary few weeks, the light suddenly has the clarity of glass and everything about the city – the tempo, the volume, the sheer vigour of the place – seems to have cranked up a few notches overnight.
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