French Economy minister Christine Lagarde (2dR), her adviser Franck Saudo (3dR) and Herve de Villeroche, a director at her ministry (R) attend a meeting with representatives of small and medium enterprises on October 12, 2009 at the Economy ministry in Paris. The meeting was held to devise ways to facilitate 'access to the market for the small and medium enterprises'. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

French Economy minister Christine Lagarde (2dR), her adviser Franck Saudo (3dR) and Herve de Villeroche, a director at her ministry (R) attend a meeting with representatives of small and medium enterprises on October 12, 2009 at the Economy ministry in Paris. The meeting was held to devise ways to facilitate 'access to the market for the small and medium enterprises'.

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  2. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks on the phone as he arrives with France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L), Higher Education and Research Minister Valerie Pecresse (2nd R) and former Prime Minister Alain Juppe (R) in Illkirch-Graffenstaden, eastern France, to visit the Bioparc Novalix company December 8, 2009.
  3. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd R) sits between former French Prime Ministers Michel Rocard (R) and Alain Juppe (2nd L), and France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L), as they attend a meeting about a new state loan to be launched, in Geispolsheim near Strasbourg, December 8, 2009. Rocard and Juppe handed Sarkozy the report of a committee in charge of setting up investment priorities for a new state loan.
  4. Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado (R) talks with French counterpart Christine Lagarde (L) at the start of a EU finance ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels December 2, 2009.
  5. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) accompanied by French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (R) visits the CNIM mechanical boiler factory in La Seyne sur mer December 1, 2009.
  6. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2ndL) accompanied by French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (R) visits the CNIM mechanical boiler factory in La Seyne sur mer December 1, 2009.
  7. President of Deutsche Bundesbank Axel Weber (L-R) German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde attend a news conference after a meeting in Berlin, November 30, 2009. France backs the goal of reducing its budget deficit to three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2013 but reaching this target will depend on economic conditions, Lagarde said on Monday in the German capital.
  8. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble pauses during a news conference after a meeting with French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (not pictured) in Berlin, November 30, 2009.
  9. French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde reacts during a news conference after a meeting with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (not pictured) in Berlin, November 30, 2009. France backs the goal of reducing its budget deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2013 but reaching this target will depend on economic conditions, Lagarde said on Monday in the German capital.
  10. French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde makes a point during a news conference after a meeting with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (not pictured) in Berlin, November 30, 2009. France backs the goal of reducing its budget deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2013 but reaching this target will depend on economic conditions, Lagarde said on Monday in the German capital.
  11. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble chats with French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde during a news conference after a meeting in Berlin, November 30, 2009. France backs the goal of reducing its budget deficit to three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2013 but reaching this target will depend on economic conditions, Lagarde said on Monday in the German capital.
  12. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble chats with French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde during a news conference after a meeting in Berlin, November 30, 2009. France backs the goal of reducing its budget deficit to three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2013 but reaching this target will depend on economic conditions, Lagarde said on Monday in the German capital.
  13. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble chats with French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde during a news conference after a meeting in Berlin, November 30, 2009. France backs the goal of reducing its budget deficit to three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2013 but reaching this target will depend on economic conditions, Lagarde said on Monday in the German capital.
  14. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) talks with France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde in the garden of Rambouillet castle near Paris, November 27, 2009. Ministers of both governments meet at the 14th session of the Russian-French commission for cooperation. A flurry of business deals were expected to be sealed after talks at the Rambouillet chateau outside Paris between Putin and his French counterpart Francois Fillon, against a backdrop of strong European appetite for Russian energy resources.
  15. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C), Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming (R), and Herve Novelli, France's Junior Minister for Trade, Artisan Trades, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises, Tourism and Services attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
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