Sarkozy sees threat, BOJ says tumult overdone
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - France's Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Thursday that the U.S. home loan crisis was a threat to world growth, while a Bank of Japan policy-maker said the recent market turmoil has been overdone.
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French President Jacques Chirac faced at times scathing criticism from British newspapers for stressing his continued differences with London over Iraq during a visit to Britain.
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French president suggests situation in violence-ravaged Iraq has helped to prompt increase in terrorism. LONDON - On the eve of an official visit to London, French President Jacques Chirac says he is &quot;not
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THE French Prime Minister today expressed scepticism over the alleged new demands of militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq.
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France has been ardently pro-EU - but enlargement has raised new fears, and voters might still reject the constitution.
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Right-wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy was set to score a crushing victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday, despite a row over his plans for tax hikes that appeared to have rallied the left.
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Last year's U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and ousting of former leader Saddam Hussein has made the world more dangerous by provoking terrorism, French President Jacques Chirac said on the eve of a state visit to ...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  suffered a seven-point drop in his approval ratings, mainly  because of worries over the economy, according to an opinion  poll published in the newspaper Le Parisien on Sunday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy made big promises during his recent election campaign, and a guy named Mustapha Smail plans to tell the world whether he keeps them.
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French bank BNP Paribas revealed Thursday it had its eye on crisis-hit Societe Generale, while voices in the European Union were raised against France for vowing to ward off hostile bids.
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French bank BNP Paribas revealed on Thursday it was stalking crisis-hit Societe Generale, while voices in the European Union were raised against France for warning it would ward off hostile bids.
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Conservative French presidential  frontrunner and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy defended in  an interview his pro-American views and warned that France was  just as vulnerable as the United States to terrorism.
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France's Socialist party on Friday accused Nicolas Sarkozy of suffering from "small man syndrome", saying this explained why the shorter-than-average president had proclaimed his reforms the biggest in decades.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged European Union nations on Monday to accept a greater share of defense spending to cope with escalating global threats.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Poland on Thursday could tip the balance in persuading its eurosceptic conservative leaders not to veto talks on a new European Union treaty.
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France's president is heading for a showdown with European finance ministers over the French economy.
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Investor's Business Daily - Europe: France&#39;s Nicolas Sarkozy seems serious about the big changes -- &quot;la rupture&quot; -- he vowed to make if elected president. In his first foreign policy address, he was forceful, positive and rooted in Western values.