The former first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is threatening legal action after an online petition asked her to repay nearly €410,000 (£354,000) used to fund her website while her husband was President.
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Nicolas Sarkozy’s election excess pushes party to the brink of bankruptcy
Thursday 04 July 2013
UMP – already heavily in debt – ordered to pay back €11m state subsidy after campaign overspend
'Le Spice Boy' comes to Paris! French excitement reaches fever pitch as David Beckham signs for PSG
Thursday 31 January 2013
Excitement and speculation thrived today. Would Victoria also be coming? And all those children with the odd names?
France's 'First Lady' Valérie Trierweiler sends letter to her employer Paris Match threatening legal action if they print photos of her in a bikini
Wednesday 15 August 2012
It was the snap that France’s celebrity glossies had been waiting for - the presidential couple in their smalls on their summer break.
Sarkozy is not above the law any more
Thursday 05 July 2012
Ex-French president's campaign finances are being probed and he is not getting an easy ride. By John Lichfield
Sarkozy’s home raided by police in campaign funding inquiry
Wednesday 04 July 2012
Alleged illegal donations from L’Oréal heiress probed after former leader loses immunity
A question of protocol for France's new First Lady Valerie Trierweiler
Wednesday 09 May 2012
François Hollande and his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, face two pressing questions which usually dog much younger couples. Should they get married? And where will they live?
Carla Bruni Sarkozy: Au revoir to France's first lady of style
Tuesday 08 May 2012
Carla Bruni Sarkozy may have her detractors but never let it be said that she doesn’t know how to dress.
Premières Dames past and present join election pantomime
Tuesday 10 April 2012
François Hollande's girlfriend is furious with President Nicolas Sarkozy. So is his former wife, Cécilia.
Diary: Is Sarkozy fit for renewal of historic hostilities?
Tuesday 25 October 2011
The regrettable spat that has erupted between our Prime Minister and the French President prompts some in the Tory ranks to excitably predict that their man would come out on top in the event of historic hostilities ever having to get physical again.
The birth of First Baby Giulia is greeted with a yawn
Friday 21 October 2011
Baby, what baby? France, or part of France, greeted the birth of President Nicolas Sarkozy's daughter with an ostentatious yawn yesterday.
France greets the birth of the First Baby with a yawn
Friday 21 October 2011
John Lichfield wonders whether Sarkozy was trying to score political points by dashing off to euro crisis talks
France's 'First Baby' arrives – after Sarko departs for summit
Thursday 20 October 2011
It's a girl, and a nation is gripped. Well, all except her father – he had the euro to take care of...
Duchess Catherine among Vanity Fair's Best Dressed
Thursday 04 August 2011
Duchess Catherine has been named one of the world's best dressed women.
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