France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) meet with local executive president of Martinique and French Guyana on October 7, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French Junior Minister for Overseas territories Marie-Luce Penchard (L), Martinique general council president Claude Lise (R), French Guyana regional council president Antoine Karam (2nd L), French Guyana general council president Tien Liong (4th R) and Martinique Council general president Alfred Marie-Jeanne (3rd R). Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) meet with local executive president of Martinique and French Guyana on October 7, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French Junior Minister for Overseas territories Marie-Luce Penchard (L), Martinique general council president Claude Lise (R), French Guyana regional council president Antoine Karam (2nd L), French Guyana general council president Tien Liong (4th R) and Martinique Council general president Alfred Marie-Jeanne (3rd R).

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  1. PARIS - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with French President Nicholas Sarkozy on November 11, 2009 in Paris, France. Netanyahu was invited to visit France by Sarkozy on his return from his trip to America.
  2. PARIS - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with French President Nicholas Sarkozy on November 11, 2009 in Paris, France. Netanyahu was invited to visit France by Sarkozy on his return from his trip to America.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
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  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd L) meet with local executive president of Martinique and French Guyana on October 7, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French Junior Minister for Overseas territories Marie-Luce Penchard (L), Martinique general council president Claude Lise (R), French Guyana regional council president Antoine Karam (2nd L), French Guyana general council president Tien Liong (4th R) and Martinique Council general president Alfred Marie-Jeanne (3rd R).
  10. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) accompanies local executive president of Martinique and French Guyana at the end of a meeting on October 7, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (From L) French Junior Minister for Overseas territories Marie-Luce Penchard, Nicolas Sarkozy, Martinique general council president Claude Lise, French Interior, Overseas Departments and Territorial Administration minister Brice Hortefeux, French Guyana regional council president Antoine Karam and french Guyana general council president Tien Liong.
  11. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) accompanies local executive president of Martinique and French Guyana at the end of a meeting on October 7, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (From L) French Junior Minister for Overseas territories Marie-Luce Penchard, Martinique general council president Claude Lise, Nicolas Sarkozy, Interior, Overseas Departments and Territorial Administration minister Brice Hortefeux, French Guyana regional council president Antoine Karam and French Guyana general council president Tien Liong.

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