She lost the support of French President Nicholas Sarkozy in 2004, when he, then Finance Minister asked her to help bail out French energy transport group Alstrom in a merger.

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French President Nicholas Sarkozy has suggested Friday's outcome signalled "there are now clearly two Europes".

BBC: EU veto: Cameron says he negotiated in 'good faith'

The Independent says David Cameron and French President Nicholas Sarkozy are to meet later in Paris.

BBC: Papers

But if ever new statues are erected in Tripoli, French President Nicholas Sarkozy may just find a niche or a plinth.

BBC: Will Sarkozy get a statue in Tripoli?

Today saw French President Nicholas Sarkozy advocating for a Tobin Tax, a tax on spot currency conversions as a funding mechanism for development aid.

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"As of now our planes are preventing Gadhafi's attacks on the city, " French president Nicholas Sarkozy said after the Paris summit ended, the first national leader to make such a statement Saturday.

WSJ: Allied Forces Attack Libya

With the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the French President Nicholas Sarkozy reaching agreement on the need for a new EU treaty, this debate may begin to permeate even the politics of Northern Ireland.

BBC: Northern Ireland

Earlier this year, President Obama promised his French counterpart, Nicholas Sarkozy, that EADS would be allowed to compete for the long-overdue replacement of U.S. aerial refueling aircraft initially bought during the Eisenhower administration.

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