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French Economy, Industry and Employment minister Christine Lagarde (R) and French Foreign and European affairs minister Bernard Kouchner leave at the end of the weekly cabinet meeting on november 04 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

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  1. France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris.
  2. France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner addresses journalists as he leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris.
  3. France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner addresses journalists as he leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris.
  4. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner looks on during his meeting with human rights advocates and activists of remedial fund 'Memorial' in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  5. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner departs from his meeting with human rights advocates and activists of remedial fund 'Memorial' in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  6. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) talks during his meeting with human rights advocates and activists of remedial fund 'Memorial' in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  7. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (2nd L) talks during his meeting with journalists of 'Novaya Gazeta' where assassinated Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya use to work, in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  8. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner points to the portrait of assassinated Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, during his meeting with journalists of 'Novaya Gazeta' where Politkovskaya use to work in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  9. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) sits with Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) and Laurent Wauquiez (R), junior minister for employment, before delivering his speech to managers of French unemployment centres, during a meeting of Pole Emploi (Employment Hub) in Paris November 23, 2009.
  10. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde attends a question session with French Mayors at the Elysee Palace in Paris November 20, 2009.
  11. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) and Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux attend a question session with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and French Mayors at the Elysee Palace in Paris November 20, 2009.
  12. France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Finance Minister Christine Lagarde attend a question session with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and French Mayors at the Elysee Palace in Paris November 20, 2009.
  13. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) visits a Sealed Air Corp plant in Epernon, near Paris, November 16, 2009.
  14. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (2nd R) visits a Sealed Air Corp plant in Epernon, near Paris, November 16, 2009.
  15. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) signs a cheque for development in Broue, near Paris, November 16, 2009.
  16. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) poses with Herve Novelli (2nd R), Junior Minister for Trade, Artisan Trades, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises, Tourism and Services, Francois Drouin (R), president and CEO of Oseo, and Pierre Georgel (L), president and CEO of Ecovegetal, to present a cheque for development in Broue, near Paris, November 16, 2009.

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