J'ai importé dans cet article de la BBC deux photos : un dessin humoristique de Delisle (Yahoo ! Actualités) autour des éléphants du PS et de la discipline militaire, et une photo de gazelle courant dans la savane, d'origine inconnue, pêchée sur le Net. Cette photo de gazelle est tirée d'un article de l'Express datant du 17 août et consacré aux PME. Cet article, intitulé "PME, les gazelles à la traîne" s'intègre dans la catégorie "PME, FEMMES ET SOCIALISME" qui a donné naissance aux deux catégories "APRES-PETROLE, ECO-INDUSTRIES" et "AERONAUTIQUE, AEROSPACE VALLEY, CLEAN SKY". Le concept de gazelle, créé par l'Américain David Birch, désigne les entreprises moyennes à forte croissance. Ségolène Royal, dans la lignée d'Edith [...]

Profile: Rachida Dati Lawyer Rachida Dati, named as French justice minister by President Sarkozy, is the first person of North African origin to hold a top government post in Paris. She was born in 1965 to an Moroccan mason father and an Algerian mother, one of 12 children raised in humble circumstances. At the age of 16, she started working as a carer in a private clinic. The premature death of her mother forced her to look after her younger sisters and brothers. "My mother was the light of my life. When I lost her, I thought I had been punished," she says.    My mother was the light of my life. When I lost her, I thought [...]

  The Gaullist revolutionary “THE French people have chosen change, and it is change that I will implement.” So declared Nicolas Sarkozy in his victory speech on May 6th, before wildly cheering supporters in central Paris, shortly after the Gaullist candidate was elected France's new president by a decisive 53% of the vote. As the French prepare for the handover of power from President Jacques Chirac on May 16th, their country seethes with a strange mixture of celebration and apprehension. Since Mr Sarkozy is known for his hyperactivity, nobody doubts that he will move fast. But France is also undoubtedly heading for a period of turbulence. Once again, the French turned out en masse on polling day. At 84%, voter [...]

May 23rd 2007 From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire No more murk Will France's Nicolas Sarkozy be good for Africa?   The election of Nicolas Sarkozy as French president has been greeted with consternation across much of French-speaking Africa, where there are fears that it could presage a radical change in policy towards the continent. Immigration is certain to dominate Franco-African relations during Mr Sarkozy's presidency. While he was interior minister Mr Sarkozy oversaw the introduction of tough new immigration legislation which not only ended automatic citizenship for foreign workers who had completed ten years of residency but required immigrants from outside the EU to sign a contract [...]

Sarkozy brings socialist to team French President Nicolas Sarkozy has named socialist human rights campaigner Bernard Kouchner as foreign minister in a leaner, broad-based cabinet. The Socialist Party immediately moved to distance itself from Mr Kouchner, saying he was no longer a member. The new president fulfilled a pledge to improve the gender imbalance in French politics by appointing seven women. Cabinet positions have been halved and some portfolios expanded, with Alain Juppe handling environment and energy. The former French prime minister will also be in charge of transport and sustainable development as part of a new super-ministry. Government of 'all talents' The slimmer [...]

Work, Work, Work That is Nicolas Sarkozy’s promise. A discussion with Sophie Pedder, our Paris bureau chief WORK, WORK, WORK  http://ddata.over-blog.com/xxxyyy/0/28/07/62/SARKO/work-work-work-economist-070517-sophie-pedder-070507.mp3

“A BERLUSCONIAN practice!” declared a Socialist. “Extremely shocking,” said the journalists' union. The appointment of Laurent Solly, a former campaign director for Nicolas Sarkozy, to TF1, France's top television channel, has reignited debate on links between politics and the media. Oddly there is less concern about ties between politics, the media and defence firms. Mr Solly's nomination was clumsy. Bouygues, the broadcaster's parent group, says he will not go straight to TF1, which has a 30% audience share, but begin with an “induction programme” within the group. Yet one of the new president's closest advisers will have a top slot at France's foremost broadcaster. The head of the group, Martin Bouygues, is an old chum of Mr Sarkozy's. Cosy ties [...]