From my point of view she's every bit as attractive a Socialist candidate as Henri Emmanuelli.

BBC: Profile: Segolene Royal

The first Air France Foundation prize will be presented to Dr Xavier Emmanuelli.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Cue laughter from the gathered media: the clear implication was that Mr Emmanuelli was nowhere near as photogenic as the attractive Ms Royal.

BBC: Profile: Segolene Royal

And so are many other leading politicians, including some on the left, such as Henri Emmanuelli, a former treasurer of the Socialist Party.

ECONOMIST: Justice in France

But other motions are being prepared, for instance by Arnaud Montebourg and Vincent Peillon, two young radicals, as well as by Henri Emmanuelli, a left-wing firebrand.

ECONOMIST: The French Socialist Party

That implies an end to the doctrinal tensions that have existed between old-guard Socialists such as Henri Emmanuelli and the modernisers led by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Laurent Fabius and also an end to the personal bad blood that has often set Messrs Strauss-Kahn and Fabius at odds.

ECONOMIST: France's new right