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Prime Minister of France Dominique de Villepin said the U.S. must work with Europe to solve the crisis in Iraq and advocated pulling American troops out of the war zone within a year, during an appearance Friday afternoon before a packed forum at the Institute of Politics...
Framed by the French, European, and U.S. flags, Villepin called upon the United States and France to use their history as allies and common democratic values to combat instability in the Middle East...
...Villepin emphasized that taking responsibility in the region is necessary to restore global equilibrium...
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin wasn't too happy when his 20-year-old daughter Marie packed in her college studies to become a model. Luckily for Mlle Steiss (the pseudonym Villepin uses to conceal her political pedigree), the gamble soon paid off. She is the new face of Givenchy perfume and her billboard campaign hits the U.S. in April. And she's not the only prime ministerial offspring to choose a more glamorous route to success than politics...
...hottest social and political issue of the day. Asked to name their biggest worries in a Novatris/Harris poll last month, French, Germans and Italians all put "increased cost of living" at the top of the list, ahead of unemployment, security, pensions or immigration. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin recently called "purchasing power" the nation's top priority, and the issue has become the central theme of the presidential election campaign, with candidates on both left and right making a range of expensive promises to boost income for the middle class and the less well-off alike. After several years...