Nicolas Sarkozy

French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has filed a lawsuit against the extreme right-wing publication Minute for “racist insults”. If convicted, its (...)

Wall Street mogul Stephen Schwarzman, whose Blackstone firm is one of the most biggest global players in the private equity business, held a groundbre(...)

It was a day devoted to the quest for heroes, in an age that no longer seems to produce them. Three former prime ministers, six of France’s leading hi(...)

Marine Le Pen, president of France? It may sound far-fetched, but a victory by the leader of the extreme right-wing National Front (FN) is a frequent (...)

The French government foresees another €18 billion in budgetary adjustments next year, with 80 per cent of this to come from spending cuts and the rem(...)

Ambassador Emmanuelle d’Achon will return to Paris today, leaving France’s historic friendship with Ireland even warmer and deeper for the care she la(...)

It was supposed to be a quiet affair. Today euro zone and EU finance ministers reconvene for the first time since June for an informal meeting in Viln(...)

The initial effects of the economic crisis were blunted in France by the dominance of the public sector. Five years later, the weight of government is(...)

James Carville, adviser to president Bill Clinton, once said that were he reincarnated, he would choose to return as the bond market: he could then in(...)

The French national assembly debate over military intervention in Syria turned preconceptions of a pacifist left and hawkish right upside down. The s(...)