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Tue 10 Oct 2009Sarkozy jnr's rapid rise condemned as nepotism
JEAN SARKOZY, the 23-year-old son of the French president, was yesterday at the centre of a political storm over his nomination as chairman of the public body that runs La Défense, the financial and business district on the edge of Paris.
Jean Sarkozy’s nomination to oversee the agency known as Epad, which has ambitious plans to turn La Défense into a rival to the City of London, was condemned by opposition parties as “nepotism”, while a petition against his nomination had gained 28,000 signatures.
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