Sarkozy Dazzles, But Can He Deliver?
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France's president unveils new economic reforms in a  command performance, but skeptics say he's short on detail
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The French President looks set to win the freedom of six improperly imprisoned foreign medical personnel. But some suspect he's grandstanding
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French voters believe Socialist candidate  Segolene Royal does not have the authority or competence of  conservative frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy, but would make a  better president, according to an opinion poll released on  Tuesday.
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Presentation of the 2005 budget marks the centre-piece of his brief tenancy, and Sarkozy is banking on strong public approval so that he can leave the government on a high note.
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NEW YORK Even by French standards, the country&#39;s new president&#39;s personal life has been a captivating soap opera, one that even overshadowed the campaign trail. A less obvious detail is the mÃ©nage Ã  trois of advertising rivals playing behind-the-scene roles.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy appears to have won a mandate for change after his party swept first-round parliamentary elections, and he is picking up speed in his plans to overhaul France's welfare state. But rivals say he should watch out.
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PARIS -- In the heat of the presidential campaign early this year, Jack Lang, a popular icon of the French left, accused Nicolas Sarkozy of "trickery at the highest level," "antirepublican behavior," and -- perhaps most cutting of all -- being a "Bush adapted for France."
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Nicolas Sarkozy, a flamboyant rival to President Chirac, is crowned as head of France's governing party.
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The BBC's Alasdair Sandford explores the challenges for French President Nicolas Sarkozy in implementing an expert commission's far-reaching economic reform plan.
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Less than a month into office, Nicolas Sarkozy is being dubbed the "hyper president" for an energetic governing style that appears set to win him a huge parliamentary majority in June legislative elections.
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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.
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Pundits are wondering whether in reserving himself the right to say anything, Sarkozy hasn't started contradicting himself by uttering just about everything
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Creating a defence and aerospace industrial champion centered on France may be impossible for Nicolas Sarkozy to engineer during his last days as finance minister, as political considerations cloud the ...
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Creating a defence and aerospace &quot;industrial champion&quot; centered on France may be impossible for Nicolas Sarkozy to engineer during his last days as finance minister, as political considerations cloud the prospects for a merger of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company and Thales, analysts said.
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France&#39;s energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, today took over the leadership of the country&#39;s ruling party, giving him a vehicle and platform to
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âI canât be criticized for wanting first place for France,â Mr. Sarkozy said in an interview with The New York Times. âIf France doesnât take the lead, who will?â
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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.