Slideshow: Saving the Euro

The euro is sick, disabled, sliding, a sinking ship… name your metaphor, you’ll probably see it among these cartoons. Plus, Europe’s most unlikely power couple: Angela and Nicolas.

French and British Leaders Visit Libya

Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron are the most senior Western leaders to visit since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted.

France’s Super-Rich Offer to Pay More Tax

Some of France’s wealthiest citizens have signed a petition supporting the tax hike.

Sarkozy versus Gypsy

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The Romanian rock band Vama has written a song that takes on some of the common misconceptions about the Roma or Gypsies and skewers French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s expulsion of Gypsies from France earlier this year.Matthew Brunwasser reports. Download MP3

Video:”Sarkozy vs Gypsy”

France’s aid effort in Haiti

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been trying to defuse a potentially embarrassing quarrel with the United States over claims that France is being sidelined in the aid effort in Haiti. France’s International Co-operation Minister Alain Joyandet complained that a French plane carrying a field hospital was turned back by US troops. The World’s Europe correspondent Gerry Hadden reports. Download MP3

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