France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux (R) and Employment Junior Minister Laurent Wauquiez attend the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris October 13, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux (R) and Employment Junior Minister Laurent Wauquiez attend the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris October 13, 2009.

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  1. French Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez (L) and Industry minister Christian Estrosi leave the Elysee palace after the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris on November 10, 2009.

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  1. 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.
  2. French Junior Minister for Relations with Parliament Henri de Raincourt (L) chats with Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux as Junior Minister for Labour Laurent Wauquiez (3rdL) talks with Minister for Town and Country Planning and Rural Affairs Michel Mercier (2ndR) while Health, Youth, Sport Minister Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin (R) looks on at the end of the weekly cabinet meeting on November 16, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
  3. French Junior Minister for Family and Solidarity Nadine Morano (C) French Junior Minister,for Relations with Parliament Henri de Raincourt (L) and French Junior Minister for Labour Laurent Wauquiez leave the weekly cabinet meeting on November 16, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
  4. French Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez (L) and Industry minister Christian Estrosi leave the Elysee palace after the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris on November 10, 2009.
  5. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (L) addresses deputies as Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux (R) and Minister of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez (2drow C) listen during the weekly session of the questions to the government, on November 4, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris.
  6. (1st row LtoR) French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, Prime Minister Francois Fillon, (2d row from L) Minister of State for the Green Technology Valerie Letard, Minister of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez and Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux attend the weekly session of the questions to the government, on November 4, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris.
  7. French Employment junior Minister Laurent Wauquiez (L) and French national soccer team coach Raymond Domenech attend a meeting "But pour l'emploi" (A Goal for Jobs) in Lyon, October 19, 2009.
  8. French Economy, Industry and Employment Minister, Christine Lagarde and Junior Minister for Labour Laurent Wauquiez leave the weekly cabinet meeting on October 14, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
  9. France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux (R) and Employment Junior Minister Laurent Wauquiez attend the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris October 13, 2009.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. French Junior minister for Employment Laurent Wauquiez (L) and Interior minister Brice Horetfeux attend the weekly session of the questions to the government on October 6, 2009 at the National Assembly in Paris.
  16. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2ndR), flanked by French Junior Minister for Employment Laurent Wauquiez (4thR) listens to the explanations of a student as visiting the Technology University Institute in Avignon, southern France, on September 29, 2009. Sarkozy is to present today in Avignon series of measures for 16-25 year-old youngs on housing, vocational training, job and health.

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