The Corcoran Circus

The demand to moralize capitalism emerged in public debate, ironically, during Nicholas Sarkozy's term of office, while he himself was embarking on ultra-free-market policy laden with scandalous human consequences. Its expression however is sapped ...

From his 75 percent income tax to his 25 percent approval ratings, François Hollande, the French president who took office one year ago, has already been judged the hapless Louis XVI on the eve of the French Revolution or the feckless René Coty ...

A video capturing former French prime minister Francois Fillon saying he will be a candidate in the next presidential election "no matter what" has caused a stir in France's political right. Share article Fillon's statement came days after his ...

Yesterday, the Federal Register released a list of all the gifts that foreign leaders gave President Obama in 2011. His haul included a basketball signed by the Toronto Raptors (from the Canadian prime minister), more than a dozen Brazilian soccer ...

4:21pm GMT PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy made his first public comments on Monday over allegations he duped the country's richest woman to raise election funds, saying he had never betrayed his public duties and pledging ...

By Nicholas Vinocur FLORANGE, France (Reuters) - Steelworkers here cheered Francois Hollande in early 2012 when, as a presidential candidate, he vowed to protect them from a plan to close two blast furnaces. Now they've they erected a marble ...

PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - Former French first lady Carla Bruni took up a passionate defence of her husband Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday, saying it was unthinkable he could have tricked an old lady out of millions of euros. In a blitz of interviews ...

Why The World Needs A BRICS Bank: Nicholas Stern, Joseph Stiglitz et al. : The significance of the decision by the BRICS to ... Key Economic News to Watch This Week: April 29 : Italy's two-month political deadlock ended ... EU Warns US Over Radical ...

Related Topic(s): France; Sarkozy; Socialism, Add Tags Add to My Group(s) I have lived in Paris for several years and have followed the recent French elections in which the Party Socialist candidate, Fran§ois Holland won. The next round comes June ...