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Well, no. But less than a year before, Sarkozy had come to power arguing that principles matter. The irrepressible "hyper-President" has also long said he judges people (and expects to be judged) exclusively on merit and results. But in October he supported his inexperienced 23-year-old son Jean's bid to take over the public body responsible for managing Paris's multibillion dollar La Défense finance district. To make matters worse, even as the accusations of nepotism grew louder, Sarkozy père described his reforms of France's high school system as guaranteeing that "henceforth...
Some conservatives are worried enough that they're taking action. In early November, former conservative Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin led a revolt in France's upper house of parliament by refusing to back Sarkozy's pet bill that would have ended a particular tax on businesses. Though Raffarin agrees with lower taxes in principle, he's been joined by two other former conservative leaders - and most of the 37,000-plus mayors of France - in ridiculing the idea of eliminating one of the main sources of income for regional and local governments before a more general reform of those...
...then came his own shooting. It appears to have been triggered by a botched attempt to arrest one of his closest collaborators in the junta, Lieutenant Aboubacar Diakite, alias Toumba, chief of the presidential guard. Toumba and Camara are part of an alliance of commanders that includes Captain Jean Claude Pivi, a former martial-arts champion who did not get along with Toumba...
...committee six months before my uncle died. There were people on the corner with a huge 'Coakley for Senate' sign two days after his funeral." - Stephen E. Smith Jr., a son of Ted Kennedy's sister Jean (Boston Herald, Sept...
...Getting out of it won't be easy. Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, which sets interest rates for the euro zone's 16 countries, urged the country on Monday, Dec. 7, to take "courageous" steps to tackle the crisis. Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, part of the socialist government that won power in the country last October, duly pledged to do "whatever is required" to shore up the country's finances. Key to the recovery plan: slashing Greece's budget deficit next year from 12.7% - more than four times the level allowed under E.U. rules...