French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian speaks during the weekly session of the questions to the government, on November 4, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian speaks during the weekly session of the questions to the government, on November 4, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris.

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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. 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.
  8. 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 (2ndR) speak together after the weekly cabinet meeting on September 30, 2009 at the Elysee Palace.
  9. 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 (2ndR) speak together after the weekly cabinet meeting on September 30, 2009 at the Elysee Palace.
  10. French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian speaks during the weekly session of the questions to the government, on November 4, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris.
  11. French Secretary of State for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche (L) and French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian (C) attend the weekly session of the questions to the government, on November 4, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris.
  12. French Minister responsible for the Government's economic recovery plan Patrick Devedjian leaves at the end of the weekly cabinet meeting on November 4, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
  13. Chairman of the EPAD agency and French Minister in charge of the government's economic recovery plan, Patrick Devedjian (C) gets ready before an televised interview on October 23, 2009 at the Hauts de Seine General council office in Nanterre, west of Paris, during the meeting for the election of a new member of the EPAD agency overseeing development in La Defense district, seeked by President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son Jean Sarkozy. Sarkozy junior, an elected councillor in the rich Paris suburb of Neuilly, at the centre of a bitter row over alleged nepotism, abandoned on October 22 his bid for a job managing France's wealthiest business district, near Paris.
  14. Chairman of the EPAD agency and French Minister in charge of the government's economic recovery plan, Patrick Devedjian, attends on October 23, 2009 at the Hauts-de-Seine general council in Nanterre, west of Paris, the meeting for the election of a new member of the EPAD agency overseeing development in La Defense district, seeked by President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son Jean. Sarkozy junior, an elected councillor in the rich Paris suburb of Neuilly, at the centre of a bitter row over alleged nepotism, abandoned on October 22 his bid for a job managing France's wealthiest business district.
  15. Patrick Devedjian, chairman of the EPAD agency and French minister in charge of the government's economic recovery plan, arrives at the Hauts-de-Seine region general council in Nanterre, west of Paris, October 23, 2009 for the election of a new member of the EPAD agency.
  16. NOT A POOL - Chairman of the EPAD agency and French Minister in charge of the government's economic recovery plan, Patrick Devedjian, arrives on October 23, 2009 at the Hauts-de-Seine general council in Nanterre, west of Paris, to attend the meeting for the election of a new member of the EPAD agency overseeing development in La Defense district, seeked by President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son Jean. Sarkozy junior, an elected councillor in the rich Paris suburb of Neuilly, at the centre of a bitter row over alleged nepotism, abandoned on October 22 his bid for a job managing France's wealthiest business district.

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