France Cables





France gets on Multinationals - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "France goes all the way - to ensure multinationals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "operating on its soil - pay their taxes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "more cases follow - after Google - and McDonald’s - were targeted in tax raids !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 


 

 

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  • "dozens of French police - raided Google’s Paris headquarters !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "prompting an investigation - on suspicions of tax evasion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and tax investigators - searched McDonald’s - French headquarters !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the raids built on work started by tax authorities before - when they transferred tax data to judicial authorities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the finance minister - Michel Sapin - says France !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "goes all the way - there can be other cases !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "French authorities - have sent McDonald’s France !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "a € 300m bill - for unpaid taxes on profits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the French government has received - € 3.3bn in back-taxes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and penalties - from five multinationals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "multinational firms - are under increasing pressure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in Europe - from public opinion - and governments !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "a source in Sapin's ministry says - that French tax authorities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "are seeking about € 1.6bn - in back taxes - from Google !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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French Parliament votes to recognise Palestine - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "the French national assembly - the lower house of parliament !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "votes to recognise the - Palestinian state !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the vote - approved with 339 votes to 151 - is a boost for the Palestinians !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "amid growing support - in Europe - for two states !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "to recognise the state of Palestine - in view of reaching a definitive settlement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "France seeks good ties - with Israel - and Palestine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sarkozy had exceeded Spending Limits - the Independent: LINK ¤ the INDEPENDENT

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  • "Nicolas Sarkozy - could be landed with a multimillion-euro - personal bill !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "unless his UMP party - found a way to plug a gaping hole - in its finances within !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the decision by the highest constitutional authority - Le Conseil Constitutionnel !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "deprived the UMP party - of € 11m - of taxpayers’ money !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the Sarkozy campaign - had exceeded spending limits - and had presented misleading accounts !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the UMP party took out - a € 11m bank loan - which had to be repaid !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "it had emerged that the - main personal guarantor - of this loan - was Sarkozy himself !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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secret Sarkozy Tapes - BBC: LINK ¤ B B C

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  • "there was the publication of secret tapes - of Nicolas Sarkozy - in 2011 !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "made by his top adviser - Patrick Buisson ! - ( on a dictaphone - hundreds of hours ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "in the recordings - Sarkozy - was heard discussing confidential - affairs of state !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "but also joshed with his wife - Carla Bruni !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "some were of a group of advisers - included Buisson - and on one occasion Carla Bruni !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "another - made in a taxi - on the way from a meeting with Sarkozy !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "was of a discussion on what had before happened between - Buisson - and another adviser - Jean-Michel Goudard !"

 

 


 

 

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  • "Buisson and Goudard talked dismissively - of justice minister - Michel Mercier !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and Roselyne Bachelot - social affairs minister - "just talked crap"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the two men - boasted of their influence - over Sarkozy ! - ( he took no decision - without their say-so ! )"

 

 

 
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  • "Buisson spoke of the likely move - of the Elysee cabinet secretary !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Claude Gueant - to the ministry of the interior !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "this could be problematic - because while at the Elysee Gueant - followed !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "certain affairs at the prosecutor's office - he got involved !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "at the interior ministry - that might be harder !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "that was a clear implication - that they tried to interfere - in the justice system !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "in the taxi tape - Buisson also complained about the presence of - Carla Bruni !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "at the president's strategy meetings - he said - "that was tough - huh"  ?"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Carla Bruni herself appeared in one recording - joked with Sarkozy !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "about their relative incomes - that she has had to give up - her singing career !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "after she said she planned - to resurrect her performance contracts - Sarkozy retorted !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "well he guessed - his future would be as Mr. Nobody - on the cash-register !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and everyone - laughed !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bernard Tapie Scandal - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "there was a scandal about - Bernard Tapie - the former owner of Adidas !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "judges placed Tapie - under formal investigation !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and lodged preliminary charges - for organised fraud !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "over a € 400m - state payout in 2008 ! - ( Sarkozy ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Tapie personally - pocketed about € 200m - of the payout !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "after tax and costs - all paid for by the taxpayer !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the scandal centred - on whether - or not - there was an elaborate conspiracy - between them ?!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "this case was followed closely - by the French public !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "because the French people - were totally against - when an elite of politicians !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 


 

 

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  • "would work together with businessmen - at the expense of the taxpayer !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UNESCO - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05PARIS4145

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  • "the draft convention adopted - a document !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "at the conclusion of the UNESCO - cultural diversity negotiations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the US embassy had lobbied against it - and the US had objections !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the final document would enshrine - the "cultural exception" - in international law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "by providing a permanent exemption - from trade law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "for audiovisual materials - and other "cultural goods - and services"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "through a vague definition of - "cultural goods and services" - "cultural industries"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • ""cultural activities" - and "cultural policies" - allowed parties !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "to enact culture-related - protectionist measures - including quotas - and subsidies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the document clearly intended - to create new individual rights - as well as new state obligations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "it contained language giving - "individuals - and peoples"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "a "fundamental right" - "to participate in - and enjoy" - economic aspects of development !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "to give a right to "equitable access" - to means of "expression and dissemination"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "delegates - voted overwhelmingly - in favor of the resolution !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "comment US - "that was - what happened"  !"

 

 

 

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  • "when culture ministers - were allowed to make foreign - and trade policy !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the US embassy would be lobbying - capitals !"

 

 

 

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  • "and worked on a strategy - and an external strategy !"

 


 

 

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  • "international trade law - could be undermined ! - ( US interests ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WTO - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05PARIS7935

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  • "French trade minister Christine Lagarde - said "cuts in farm tariffs - were no solution"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "Lagarde proposed focusing on the value - in maintaining the European !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • ""multifunctional" model - of a farm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "balancing rural development - food security - and environmental protection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "trade negotiations - should really take into consideration - the expectations of developing countries !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "there must not be - uncontrolled liberalization !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "first - all developed countries should partly - open their agricultural markets !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "to products from developing countries - and especially from the poorest of them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "then - developing countries should commit themselves - to reform their agricultural policy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and an end should also be put to subsidies - especially US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 


 

 

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  • "for cotton producers - to protect the economy of African countries !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nicolas Sarkozy - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06PARIS5974

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  • "the US embassy - met with interior minister - Nicolas Sarkozy !"

 

 

 

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  • "Sarkozy claimed he was - pro-American !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and - "liberal"  ! - ( for a French politician - that meant pro-free-market ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Segolene Royal - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06PARIS7424

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  • "Segolene Royal's - first-round victory - in the Socialist Party - PS - presidential primary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "made it official - she would be the candidate of the center-left - in that presidential election !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "if she was to be elected president - there was to expect some criticism - of the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "social - environmental policies - and more Europe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "comment US - "Royal appeared to be someone - who would approach world affairs"  !"

 

 

 

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  • "pragmatically - with a distanced relationship - to the US !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Microcredit - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06PARIS937

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  • "President Chirac - turned his attention to the development !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "of micro-credit - notably in disadvantaged areas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in the framework to reduce unemployment - and exclusion - micro-credit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "was a promising way - and an essential tool - to allow job seekers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to personally take care - of their future !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "by finding new jobs - or by creating their own businesses - especially in disadvantaged areas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Clearstream Scandal - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06PARIS3178

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  • "the "Clearstream" scandal - had been a classic French - "affaire d'etat"  !"

 

 

 

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  • "which threatened the careers of some - political - judicial - and military figures !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "rumors that kickbacks - from France's 1991 sale - of frigates - to Taiwan !"

 

 

 

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  • "were being deposited in the Luxembourg banking house - Clearstream - had been since 2001 !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "but they became political significant in 2004 - when then-foreign minister - Dominique de Villepin !"

 

 

 

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  • "as he readily admitted - asked a top French intel man - then working in the defense ministry !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to investigate a list - of accounts - held by a number of France's - top political figures !"

 

 

 

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  • "they were subsequently forwarded anonymously - to a judge for further legal inquiries !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kyoto Protocol - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05PARIS1004

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  • "the implementation of the - Kyoto Protocol - on climate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "dominated the headlines - in the French print press !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "commentaries reiterated - that after years of negotiation - the Protocol was finally implemented !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 


 

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  • "and asked for reasons of the US - and suggested economic !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gesprächsmitschnitte von Nicolas Sarkozy - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD

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  • "Gesprächsmitschnitte von Nicolas Sarkozy - wurden von dessen Berater Patrick Buisson gemacht !"

 

 

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  • "stundenlange Aufzeichnungen - auch im Taxi - ohne jemanden in Kenntnis zu setzen !"

 

 

 

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  • "der O-Ton vom engsten Sarkozy-Kreis - zeugte von einer Rohheit !"

 

 

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  • "die mit dem Ton offizieller Ankündigungen - scharf kontrastierte !"

 

 

 

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  • "einige Minister - vom Kabinett François Fillon !"

 

 

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  • "waren als - "grotesk" - oder "bescheuert" - bezeichnet worden !"

 

 

 

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  • "den offiziellen - und den privaten Bereich - vermengte Sarkozy ständig !"

 

 

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  • "so beteiligte sich Sarkozys Gattin Carla Bruni - sogar an Beratungen über Wechsel !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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geiziger Sarkozy - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD

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  • "der französische Staat verlangte von - Nicolas Sarkozy !"

 

 

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  • "und dessen Partei UMP - die Rückerstattung von elf Millionen Euro !"

 

 

 

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  • "zuerst gab es keine Reaktion - dann hieß es - Sarkozy hat aus dem eigenen Sack - 7500 Euro einbezahlt !"

 

 

 

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  • "in der UMP Partei meinte Bernard Debré - "die Partei sammelte - 8,5 Millionen"  !"

 

 

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  • "Sarkozy sollte mehr als - 7500 Euro geben !"

 


 

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  • "Sarkozy hatte dessen Wahlkampfetat - gelinde gesagt etwas gar - locker gehandhabt !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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JOAN of ARC - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ JOAN of ARC

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  • "the maid of Orléans - la pucelle d'Orléans - is a folk heroine !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

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  • "of France - and a Roman Catholic saint - she was born to a peasant family - in north-east France !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

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