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Sarkozy judge mistook hostage for billionaire: lawyer
PARIS (Reuters) – A judge investigating Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign funding mistook a Colombian hostage for a billionaire backer of France's right-wing party when he queried a meeting in the ex-president's diary, a lawyer for Sarkozy said. Sarkozy, who lost power in May, was questioned for 12 hours on Thursday by a judge who is trying to establish whether his election win in 2007 was aided by illegal funding from France's richest woman, 90-year-old Liliane Bettencourt Continue reading
Sarkozy dodges official inquiry in election funding scandal
BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) – French former President Nicolas Sarkozy has not been put under formal investigation by magistrates looking into whether he received illegal campaign funds from France's richest woman in 2007, but has instead been designated a witness in the inquiry. Magistrates questioned Sarkozy for 12 hours as they tried to establish if he had received illegal campaign funding from Liliane Bettencourt, heiress of the L'Oreal cosmetics empire, when he ran for president in 2007 Continue reading
Rivals dispute leadership of France’s conservatives
PARIS (Reuters) – The result of a tightly fought two-way contest to choose the next leader of France's conservatives remained unclear early on Monday, with both sides claiming they had won. Jean-Francois Cope, a disciple of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, announced his victory to reporters around 2230 GMT, only for former prime minister Francois Fillon to say 20 minutes later that he was in the lead. Cope supporters said he was some 1,000 votes ahead, while Fillon said he had a lead of more than 200 votes. Continue reading
French president’s ‘Mr. Normal’ image hit by tweet
A feud involving the French president's live-in girlfriend, his former partner and his eldest son may have tarnished the new leader's carefully cultivated image as “Mr. Continue reading
Ex-President Sarkozy’s home, offices searched
French investigators searched former President Nicolas Sarkozy's home and office on Tuesday as part of a probe into suspected illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the L'Oreal cosmetics heiress, an official said. Continue reading
Factbox: French presidential run-offs usually tight
PARIS (Reuters) – Second-round votes in French presidential elections of the past half century have generally been closely fought, except in a couple of atypical polls pitting two rightist candidates against one another. Continue reading
For "Mr. Normal" Hollande it’s bye-bye bling bling
PARIS (Reuters) – Francois Hollande, the man who wants to be France’s “Mr Normal” president, has stopped going to work by scooter but tells voters he will still take the train and do the family shopping once elected – at least, he jokes, “if the fridge is empty”. The 57-year-old Socialist has spent more than a year on the campaign trail, building his stature as a statesman, finetuning his tax-and-spend manifesto, and promising to do away with the brash style that earned Nicolas Sarkozy the nickname “president bling bling”. Continue reading
Fracois Hollande Crowned New President Of France
VIENNA (dpa-AFX) – Fracois Hollande was crowned the new President of France beating Nicholas Sarkozy. Hollande got 52 percent votes, while Sarkozy managed to get only 48 percent of vote… Continue reading
