Nicolas Sarkozy

ROUNDUP: Sarkozy, other right-wing politicians get death threats

Sarkozy, other right-wing politicians get death threats Paris  - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and several other conservative politicians have in recent days been the targets of letters threatening their lives, French media reported on Tuesday.

Sarkozy, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, Justice Minister Rachida Dati, Culture Minister Christine Albanel and the mayor of Bordeaux, Alain Juppe, have all received letters containing implicit threats to their lives and 9mm bullets.

MGMT to sue Sarkozy for using its song in campaign

French President Nicolas SarkozyLondon, Feb 27 : American musical group MGMT are suing French President Nicolas Sarkozy for using one of their hit songs without permission as a campaign soundtrack.

MGMT, formerly known as The Management, claim that Sarkozy''s UMP party used the track `Kids' at its national congress and in two online videos.

The political party admitted to using it by saying that it was a mistake, and they tried to rectify the matter by offering a symbolic gesture of one euro.

Sarkozy beats his work fatigue by collecting stamps

Sarkozy beats his work fatigue by collecting stampsLondon, Feb 25: In a bid to take his mind off the day job, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken up stamp collecting.

Giving a sneak peak into the 54-year-old''s private life, it was revealed fellow heads of state including the Queen have helped Sarko fill his albums.

Sarkozy even sponsors the Elysee Philatelist Club, named after the Paris palace where he lives with wife Carla Bruni - who says she is delighted he has given up "less appropriate" pastimes, including karaoke singing, sources have revealed.

Sarkozy visits town of 1,600 - accompanied by 700 police

Sarkozy visits town of 1,600 - accompanied by 700 police Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, angered by protest incidents in the past, is now paying visits to local communities with protection provided by hundreds of police and gendarmes, officials confirmed Thursday.

A visit to the Loire valley town of Daumeray with a population of 1,600, took place with 700 police providing security, the gendarme office in Angers said.

Sarkozy visited a farm there, where he made remarks about modernisation taking place in French agriculture.

Sarkozy meets union leaders, employers to draw up social aid package

Nicolas SarkozyParis - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was set to meet with trade union leaders and entrepreneurs' representatives later on Wednesday to draw up measures to help low-paid workers, the young and the unemployed struggle through the economic crisis.

Sarkozy called the meeting after a general strike on January 29 and widespread street protests demonstrations that same day to demand aid for small and medium-sized companies and measures to increase purchasing power.

Sarkozy files suit against death threats

Nicolas SarkozyParis - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has filed a complaint against unknown persons after a letter containing death threats against him and another politician was sent to the city hall of the southern city of Beziers, the daily Midi Libre reported on Tuesday.

"This is a normal procedure," Sarkozy's office said after the letter threatening the lives of the French president and Beziers Mayor Raymond Couderc, and containing a 38mm bullet, was delivered on February 9.

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