The spectacle of the «president» of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, travelling by official motorcade with his family from Brussels to Paris to catch a holiday flight is the latest manifestation of the other-worldliness of the EU bureaucracy.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, trying to draw a line under a damaging furor over alleged illegal political donations, urged a minister at the center of the affair to step down as treasurer of his ruling UMP party.
07/8/2010
— Filed under: Politics
Tags: donations, Sarkozy, scandal
For the French press and opposition, French Labour Minister Eric Woerth and his wife got too close to the super-rich L’Oreal heiress, accused of plotting to evade taxes. Bad timing when Woerth is trying to institute unpopular pensions reforms.
06/1/2010
— Filed under: Business
Tags: L’Oreal, scandal, tax
