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At home in Paris that Bastille Day holiday, Alexandre's mother Véronique got the call at four in the morning telling her what had happened. "My instinct was to get on the first plane to Dubai," she says. But another instinct kicked in too - that of a veteran...
Véronique Robert has worked her journalistic contacts to press her son's case, and got early word to Sarkozy of what had happened. In an Elysée meeting in July, Sarkozy told the UAE leader that he wanted "utmost attention" given to Alexandre's alleged attack, according...
Despite the enormous stakes involved, Sarkozy himself had other matters to deal with as his fellow citizens hoofed it to work. Shortly after noon, the Elysée announced "separation by mutual consent" of the Sarkozys - a split of their often high-profile but troubled marriage that had been widely...
The news in France was dominated Thursday by two developments that were as widely expected as they were painstakingly choreographed: The country's unions staged massive, nationwide strikes, and the Elysée announced the eventual divorce of President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Cécilia. Clearly, no one...
Since his election to the Elysée on a platform of deep and sweeping reform, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has repeatedly pledged a "rupture" with the past habits, attitudes and endless calculating that have frozen so many of his country's previous governments into virtual immobility. One area he...