Nicolas Sarkozy

Bank "supervisors" proposed at G20 summit

The summit was the first time the G20 group had gathered at the level of heads of state (Keystone) World leaders have laid the foundation for reforms to the international financial system at the G20 summit in the United States....

Women vie to lead Socialists in France

The beleaguered French Socialist party this week faces a battle between two women to lead it and provide a credible opposition to the president, Nicolas Sarkozy. After all-night crisis talks at its congress in Reims this...

French Socialist Party in chaos

The French Socialist Party was plunged into chaos after their annual congress failed to produce either a leader or policy platform. The French Socialist Party was plunged into chaos after their annual congress failed to produce...

Gordon Brown needs to cut average family's tax bill by at least £1000 warns International...

Gordon Brown needs to cut the tax bill of the average British family by at least £1,000 next year to help avert a severe recession, the International Monetary Fund has warned. The head of the IMF, who made the proposal at the...

Wave of strikes hits France

France faces a week of disruption from transport and public sector strikes as unions wage a number of separate campaigns against President Nicolas Sarkozy's labour reforms. Hundreds of domestic and international flights were...

Vaclav Klaus, provocateur from Prague - The Times

London - "The Czech president was criticised for his anti-EU comments in Dublin but he has never shied away from making enemies," this is how the British daily The Times starts the profile introducing Klaus on its website...

G20: Your guide to the Washington meeting

Here is a guide to what the G20 meeting was all about, and what it means for you. By James Quinn in Washington What is the G20? It stands for the Group of 20 nations – an international grouping of the world's 19 largest...

Russia's banal reality lies in between energy superpower and bankrupt state

Russia has been losing $10bn in foreign reserves a week since it snatched South Ossetia and ramped up the new Cold War with nuclear threats. A fifth of the Kremlin’s fire-fighting fund has gone before the economic crisis even...

Get the Obama look

The tie Americans wanted a break from tradition, and they got it, courtesy of Obama's knot. Whereas McCain chose a patrician, old-guard Windsor knot, Obama often favours a more casual four-in-hand method. It might sound like a...

Claims of greenness lost in exhaust fumes

By Andrew Ward and Krishna Guha in Washington Most world leaders claim to be committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Yet this weekend’s G20 summit was not a good advertisement for the cause. Perhaps there was no...