Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was to meet with the heads of French banks and insurance companies later Tuesday as French shares tumbled for a second consecutive day in the wake of the refusal of the US Congress to approve a finance bail-out.
The aim of the meeting at the Elysee Palace is to "review the situation of the financial institutions as well as the availability of credit to households and companies," Sarkozy's office said Monday, but the defeat in the House of Representatives of the plan to rescue the US finance sector will add urgency to the talks.
Paris, Marseille - French President Nicolas Sarkozy moved on Monday to rally world leaders to meet on the global finance crisis and called a meeting with French financiers as share prices collapsed on the Paris Bourse.
After an EU-India summit in the southern French city of Marseille, Sarkozy, the current holder of the European Union's rotating presidency, urged world leaders to hold emergency talks on the current financial crisis "within weeks."
London, Sept 29: In a new tell-all book, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been alleged to have had “brutal” exchanges with his former wives and lovers.
Famous author Hubert Coudurier writes in the controversial book ‘Love, Rupture and Betrayal’ that in the run-up to the presidential elections last year, an altercation between Sarkozy and his then-wife Cecilia had even led to a police complaint.
Marseille, France - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met top European Union officials in the French port of Marseille on Monday at a summit hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The summit is set to call for EU-Indian cooperation on civilian nuclear research and development, a day before Sarkozy and Singh are due to discuss in Paris a deal on nuclear cooperation between their respective states, EU diplomats told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Marseilles (France), Sept 29: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has said that he is looking forward to his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Tuesday.
Briefing reporters ahead of his arrival in Marseilles, where he will address the Ninth India-EU Summit, Dr. Singh said: "We have already initialed the framework agreement in civil nuclear matters. It will certainly come up for review and possible signature during my visit."
London, September 26 : Journalists associated with a French magazine have been enraged by a picture featuring President Nicolas Sarkozy sporting a “third leg” as he stands next to his wife Carla and Pope Benedict XVI, after a meeting at the Elysee palace on September 12.
It was due to a hastily touched up photoshop edit that the head of Sarkozy''s bodyguard had been airbrushed out of the frame, but his leg forgotten.
Unionists at Paris Match magazine have criticised the bungled edit.
Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was to meet with the heads of French banks and insurance companies later Tuesday as French shares tumbled for a second consecutive day in the wake of the refusal of the US Congress to approve a finance bail-out.
Paris, Marseille - French President Nicolas Sarkozy moved on Monday to rally world leaders to meet on the global finance crisis and called a meeting with French financiers as share prices collapsed on the Paris Bourse.
London, Sept 29: In a new tell-all book, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been alleged to have had “brutal” exchanges with his former wives and lovers.
Marseille, France - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met top European Union officials in the French port of Marseille on Monday at a summit hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Marseilles (France), Sept 29: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has said that he is looking forward to his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Tuesday.
Journalists associated with a French magazine have been enraged by a picture featuring President Nicolas Sarkozy sporting a “third leg” as he stands next to his wife Carla and Pope Benedict XVI, after a meeting at the Elysee palace on September 12.
