French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L), French Labour minister Xavier Darcos (2ndL), High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty and Youth Martin Hirsch (2ndR), French Interior,Overseas Departments and Territorial Administration minister Brice Hortefeux (C) and French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian (R) speak together after the weekly cabinet meeting on September 30, 2009 at the Elysee Palace. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L), French Labour minister Xavier Darcos (2ndL), High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty and Youth Martin Hirsch (2ndR), French Interior,Overseas Departments and Territorial Administration minister Brice Hortefeux (C) and French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian (R) speak together after the weekly cabinet meeting on September 30, 2009 at the Elysee Palace.

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  1. French Culture and Communication Minister Frederic Mitterrand (C) and French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian (R) leave the Elysee Palace in Paris after the weekly cabinet meeting on October 7, 2009.
  2. French Minister in charge of the government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian (R) and High commissioner responsible for fighting poverty Martin Hirsch attend the weekly session of the questions to the government on October 6, 2009 at the National Assembly in Paris.
  3. French Minister in charge of the government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian (C) reads his notes next to Health minister Roselyne Bachelot and High commissioner responsible for fighting poverty Martin Hirsch during the weekly session of the questions to the government on October 6, 2009 at the National Assembly in Paris.
  4. French Labour minister Xavier Darcos (L), High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty and Youth Martin Hirsch (R) and French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian (C) leave the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting on September 30, 2009 in Paris.
  5. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2ndL) speaks to French Labour minister Xavier Darcos (L), High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty and Youth Martin Hirsch (R), French Interior,Overseas Departments and Territorial Administration minister Brice Hortefeux (C) and French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian (behind at R) following the weekly cabinet meeting on September 30, 2009 at the Elysee Palace.
  6. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2ndL), French Labour minister Xavier Darcos (L), High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty and Youth Martin Hirsch (R), French Interior,Overseas Departments and Territorial Administration minister Brice Hortefeux (C) and French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian (behind at R speak together after the weekly cabinet meeting on September 30, 2009 at the Elysee Palace.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. France's Labour, Social Relations and Solidarity minister Xavier Darcos (L) and Swedish Minister for Integration Nyamuo Sabuni pose on November 12, 2009 in Marrakech during the second Union for the Mediterranean's ministerial conference (UPM) the reinforcement of Woman in the Society in Marrakech.
  14. France's Labour, Social Relations and Solidarity Minister Xavier Darcos smiles on November 12, 2009 in Marrakech during the second Union for the Mediterranean's ministerial conference (UPM) the reinforcement of Woman in the Society in Marrakech.
  15. France's Labour, Social Relations and Solidarity Minister Xavier Darcos poses on November 12, 2009 in Marrakech prior to the second Union for the Mediterranean's ministerial conference (UPM) the reinforcement of Woman in the Society in Marrakech.
  16. France's Labour, Social Relations and Solidarity Minister Xavier Darcos (L) poses next to Moroccan Minister for Solidarity Nezha Skali on November 12, 2009 in Marrakech prior to the second Union for the Mediterranean's ministerial conference (UPM) the reinforcement of Woman in the Society in Marrakech.

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