France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) with former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua during a meeting after the visit to the construction site of "Tower First", which is part of the Grand Paris project, in business district near Paris June 30, 2009. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) with former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua during a meeting after the visit to the construction site of "Tower First", which is part of the Grand Paris project, in business district near Paris June 30, 2009.

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  1. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) tastes a piece of cheese as he visits the National School of Dairy Industries in Poligny, eastern France, October 27, 2009. President Sarkozy said on Tuesday he will seek tougher European regulation in the milk sector from the start of next year as part of a package of measures to help France's struggling farmers.
  2. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) visits the National School of Dairy Industries in Poligny, eastern France, October 27, 2009. President Sarkozy said on Tuesday he will seek tougher European regulation in the milk sector from the start of next year as part of a package of measures to help France's struggling farmers.
  3. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) speaks with France's Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand (R) before inaugurating a major exhibit of art from Turkey at the Grand Palais in Paris October 9, 2009. Culture Minister Mitterrand is facing calls for his resignation for having written about paying boys for sex in Thailand, revelations that were made in a 2005 autobiography "The Bad Life". Jean-David Levitte (2ndL) is President Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor.
  4. A member of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, writes on a board the 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy' promises as the workers prepare a symbolic meeting with the president. In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  5. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalists as they wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, preparing a symbolic meeting (with President's chair vacant). In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  6. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalists as they wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, preparing a symbolic meeting (with President's chair vacant). In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  7. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalits wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, preparing a symbolic meeting (with President's chair vacant). In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  8. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy where they prepare a symbolic meeting (with President's chair vacant). In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  9. Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua attends 'Le Grand Journal', a TV show, on the set of French TV channel Canal Plus, on October 28, 2009, in Paris. Charles Pasqua was sentenced to a year in jail on October 27, and fined 100,000 euros (150,000 dollars) for his role in illegal arms shipments to Angola in the 1990s.
  10. Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua and Marie Bove, daughter of anti-globalisation activist Jose Bove and candidate to lead a list for the Green Europe Ecology party for the 2010 French regional elections, attend 'Le Grand Journal', a TV show, on the set of French TV channel Canal Plus, on October 28, 2009, in Paris.
  11. Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua and Marie Bove, daughter of anti-globalisation activist Jose Bove and candidate to lead a list for the Green Europe Ecology party for the 2010 French regional elections, attend 'Le Grand Journal', a TV show, on the set of French TV channel Canal Plus, on October 28, 2009, in Paris.
  12. Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua and Marie Bove, daughter of anti-globalisation activist Jose Bove and candidate to lead a list for the Green Europe Ecology party for the 2010 French regional elections, attend 'Le Grand Journal', a TV show, on the set of French TV channel Canal Plus, on October 28, 2009, in Paris.
  13. Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua attends 'Le Grand Journal', a TV show, on the set of French TV channel Canal Plus, on October 28, 2009, in Paris. Charles Pasqua was sentenced to a year in jail on October 27, and fined 100,000 euros (150,000 dollars) for his role in illegal arms shipments to Angola in the 1990s.
  14. Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua attends 'Le Grand Journal', a TV show, on the set of French TV channel Canal Plus, on October 28, 2009, in Paris. Charles Pasqua was sentenced to a year in jail on October 27, and fined 100,000 euros (150,000 dollars) for his role in illegal arms shipments to Angola in the 1990s.
  15. Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua attends 'Le Grand Journal', a TV show, on the set of French TV channel Canal Plus, on October 28, 2009, in Paris. Charles Pasqua was sentenced to a year in jail on October 27, and fined 100,000 euros (150,000 dollars) for his role in illegal arms shipments to Angola in the 1990s.
  16. Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua attends 'Le Grand Journal', a TV show, on the set of French TV channel Canal Plus, on October 28, 2009, in Paris. Charles Pasqua was sentenced to a year in jail on October 27, and fined 100,000 euros (150,000 dollars) for his role in illegal arms shipments to Angola in the 1990s.

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