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We can't trust the French to be our allies on the battlefield

One of the more intriguing ideas being floated in the government's Green Paper on future defence spending is that we work more closely with France to develop our various military capabilities. In these...

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Will Nicolas Sarkozy be brought down by le Guido français?

Tiens! as we Old Brussels Hands say. Eh bien, je jamais. The latest Sarko scandal is, by French standards, a run-of-the-mill affair: wealthy heiress, hidden slush fund, illicit donations, envelopes...

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Nicolas Sarkozy is the new George W Bush

France’s intervention in the Ivory Coast is further proof of Nicolas Sarkozy’s growing appetite for muscular intervention. French and UN troops have helped arrest Laurent Gbagbo, whose refusal to let...

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The personal gets political for François Hollande

I wonder if the famous French insouciance about infidelity is quite as unshakeable as observers in the UK like to believe. The French President François Hollande, whose popularity has fallen to a...

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