Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (L) talks with his French counterpart Christine Lagarde at the start of an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 10, 2009. Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (L) talks with his French counterpart Christine Lagarde at the start of an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 10, 2009.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde delivers a speech as she attends The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  4. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde delivers a speech as she attends The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  5. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (R), France's Foreign Trade Minister Anne-Marie Idrac (C), and Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming (L) arrive to attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  6. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) and Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming, attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  7. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) and Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming attend The Franco Chinese Forum for Promotion, Trade and Investment in Paris November 27, 2009.
  8. Henri Proglio, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF (Electricite de France) talks with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) as they visit the site of the third-generation European Pressurised Water nuclear reactor (EPR), in Flamanville, western France, November 26, 2009.
  9. France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon (2ndL) visits the site of the third-generation European Pressurised Water nuclear Reactor (EPR) accompanied by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF (Electricite de France) Henri Proglio (R), Areva's chairman Anne Lauvergeon (L) and Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (2ndR), in Flamanville, western France, November 26, 2009.
  10. France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon (C) visits the site of the third-generation European Pressurised Water nuclear reactor (EPR) accompanied by Henri Proglio (R), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF (Electricite de France), and Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L), in Flamanville, western France, November 26, 2009.
  11. 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.
  12. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde attends a question session with French Mayors at the Elysee Palace in Paris November 20, 2009.
  13. France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) and Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux attend a question session with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and French Mayors at the Elysee Palace in Paris November 20, 2009.
  14. France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Finance Minister Christine Lagarde attend a question session with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and French Mayors at the Elysee Palace in Paris November 20, 2009.
  15. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) visits a Sealed Air Corp plant in Epernon, near Paris, November 16, 2009.
  16. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (2nd R) visits a Sealed Air Corp plant in Epernon, near Paris, November 16, 2009.

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