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A few years is an eternity in politics, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy discovered on March 21 when his conservative party was trounced in regional elections. The loss was a stunning reversal of the 2007 polls that propelled Sarkozy to the Elysée and gave conservatives large majorities in...
The carbon tax had been plagued with troubles from the start - including the near refusal by rightist legislators to pass it until the Elysée whipped them into line in November 2009. A month later - just days before it was set to take effect - France's Constitutional Council struck...
Statements attributed to Elysée officials have faulted Yade's "whims" and noted her "difficulty in being a member of any kind of team." In a Nov. 5 interview with Le Monde, Prime Minister François Fillon made comments that observers have interpreted as telegraphing Yade's eviction...
The final straw apparently came last month, as the Elysée fought to quell accusations of nepotism around a bid by Sarkozy's son to attain an influential public job. As fellow cabinet members rejected any suggestion of favoritism or conflict of interest in the younger Sarkozy's move...
In some ways, the city now is the way it used to be. Before World War II, what became East Berlin was the smart center of town. Unter den Linden, a treelined boulevard that was Germany's answer to Paris' Champs Elysées, led eastwards from the Brandenburg Gate...