Tag Archives: France

  1. Socialist Party presidential candidate François Hollande addresses supporters in Créteil, France, February 11, 2012 (Aude Guerrucci)

    French Election, Proxy Battle Over Austerity

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    Right wing parties across Europe have lined up behind incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy while the left supports his socialist challenger.

  1. President Nicolas Sarkozy of France addresses a conservative party conference in the city of Villepinte, March 11, 2012

    Sarkozy Advocates Protectionism Ahead of Election

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    The French president decried “savage competition” from abroad and threatened to withdraw from Europe’s open border area.

  1. Spain's conservative leader Mariano Rajoy addresses parliament in Madrid, July 21, 2010 (Diego Crespo)

    Ireland, Spain Cast Doubt on Europe’s Austerity Pact

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    Political opposition in France and Ireland and a worsened fiscal outlook in Spain could jeopardize Europe’s fiscal compact.

  1. President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses supporters in Montpellier, France, February 28, 2012

    Hollande Proposes Tax Hike, Sarkozy Narrows Gap

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    Incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy says his opponent’s plan to raise taxes on the rich would “isolate France.”

  1. Presidents Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy of France and the United States in Paris, April 2009

    Libya: French Soft Power in Retrospect

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    President Nicolas Sarkozy’s leadership role in the Libyan intervention was an example of France’s ability to “frame and shame.”