Nicolas Sarkozy

How the election could go wrong for Romney

2012-10-25 00:00:00

PARIS -- There's a good chance that American voters will screw up the presidential election. "How could you say such a thing when in a democracy the people are, by definition, correct?" you ask. Because there's no such thing as collective intelligence,...

Test Four April Ten Test

2012-04-10 20:34:00

The United States State Department today declared an announcement about Iran's nuclear program, as well asNorth Korea's State Department. Also, the US Department of Agriculture met with Governor Cuomo and Governor Christie, along with President Nicolas...

Libyan oil: To the victor go the spoils, but not when you 'lead from behind'

2011-10-30 03:00:00

Because it's the U.S. Army's Energy Awareness Month, it may be a good time to remind President Obama of oil's importance to economic security and the role that wartime leadership and image play in getting your hands on it post-victory. He can't just...

Rachel Marsden on Waiting for a European Santa Claus

2012-05-17 00:00:00

While your co-workers hover around the water cooler debating whether it matters if Mitt Romney bullied some kid in his youth, a formerly First World nation called Greece is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Why, you might ask, should Middle America...

Rachel Marsden: Why France elected a Socialist president

2012-05-10 00:00:00

Francehas elected only the second Socialist president in its history -- the first being Francois Mitterrand, who spent 14 years in the driver's seat back when French presidential terms lasted seven years rather than five, and who made a hard-right turn...

The truth about France's 'far-right' electoral surge

2012-04-26 00:00:00

Are the French getting their Tea Party on? That's what an outsider looking at the country's first-round presidential voting results might have been led to believe. But, as with many things French, the reality is tr�s compliqu�e. The weekend vote...

Romney's Russia remarks and the dangers of dumbing down

2012-04-05 00:00:00

Last week, Mitt Romney described Russia as America's "No. 1 geopolitical foe," prompting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to respond: "I think it's somewhat dated to be looking backwards instead of being realistic about where we agree, where we don't...

The 'Pretty Woman' strategy for political victory

2012-04-19 00:00:00

There's a scene in the movie "Pretty Woman" where the kindhearted hooker played by Julia Roberts asks her client, portrayed by Richard Gere: "Who do you want me to be?" Regardless of who she might really be, she realizes that it's far less attractive than...

Terrorist hijacks French elections

2012-03-29 00:00:00

In France, an Islamic terrorist has likely hijacked the agenda for the remainder of the French presidential race. That terrorist is 23-year-old Mohammed Merah, a Franco-Algerian from Toulouse who was fatally riddled with bullets by French forces last week...

Robert B. Reich: Why Europe's double dip could lead to one here

2012-05-02 00:00:00

Europe is in recession. Portugal, Italy and Greece are basket cases. The British and Spanish economies have contracted for the last two quarters. It seems highly likely that France and Germany are in a double dip as well. Why should we care? Because a...

Europe's lesson for the GOP

2012-05-08 11:02:00

The economic and political tumult in Europe has continued this week with anti-incumbent votes in France and Greece as well as signs of disaffection in Italy, Great Britain and Germany. The electorate is angry, and the election results have raised...

Socialism fails yet again

2012-01-21 03:00:00

Once again, socialism has put a silver fork in itself. Standard & Poor's has downgraded France's AAA credit rating, giving the country the side-eye on its claims to have its debt under control. This means the country will now have to pay it all back at an...

Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund and former French finance minister, arrives at a Paris court for questioning by a judge in a case involving a $366-million payout to a businessman and supporter of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), addresses her opening news conference at the start of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, April 18, 2013.

2013-04-18 10:50:00

Former France's president Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the Elysee presidential Palace after the formal investiture ceremony between France's president-elect Francois Hollande and his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, in Paris.

2012-05-15 00:00:00