Tag: SARKOZY

Yesterday evening, a hacker seized control of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Facebook account, and posted a message that many disgruntled Frenchmen have been dying to hear: "Dear compatriots, given the exceptional circumstances our country is experiencing, I have decided in my spirit and conscience not to run for office again at the end of my mandate in 2012." The fake post then extended an ...

French workers, in an entirely unorthodox turn of events, have gone on strike today to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to raise the national retirement age by a couple of years. If recent history is any indication, today's strike will make headlines around the country, but it certainly won't do the kind of damage that Facebook recently did to French Immigration Minister Eric Besson's ...

In Italy, high-level political scandals involve tantalizing things like underage girls and Mediterranean sex parties. In France, they involve boring things like campaign finance and L'Oreal. Still, in a country starved for any opportunity to pounce on its diminutive president, Nicolas Sarkozy, rumors involving dirty money and the heiress of a corporate empire are enough to make headlines across ...

If there's one thing the French have always been fiercely proud of, it's their culture. Faced with the very real prospect of losing control over their most treasured historic documents to Google, the country (in typical French fashion, we might add) has decided that if they can't beat 'em, they might as well join 'em. The New York Times reports that President Nicolas Sarkozy has devoted over ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, known for his fastidious management of his own public image, may have posted a bit of historical fib on his Facebook profile. Earlier today, Sarkozy uploaded a photo of himself with Alain Juppé, former Prime Minister under Jacques Chirac, chipping away at the Berlin Wall with a pickax, exactly 20 years ago. He claims that (excuse our poor translation from ...

A comedy duo called 'The Masked Avengers' from a Montreal-based radio station pulled off an impressive feat when they managed to get Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin on the phone and convince her she was talking to French president Nicholas Sarkozy. Palin doesn't seem to figure out that it's a prank call, despite obvious clues. The prank caller makes a joking reference that Sarkozy can see ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the desperate text messaging, model/singer marrying conservative politician not known for his sense of humor, has become an unwitting YouTube celebrity. A computer animated music video called the 'King of Bling-Bling,' which stars a likeness of the president rapping (in French) about his extravagant lifestyle, has become quite the hit on the video sharing site. ...