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Lagerfeld draws flak for calling French president an ‘idiot’
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was in hot water on Friday after calling French President Francois Hollande an “idiot” over his plans to impose huge taxes on the rich. Hollande’s former companion and a one-time presidential contender Segolene Royal led the charge, saying the Paris-based German designer must apologise immediately. “There…
French First Lady vows to think twice before tweeting
PARIS — French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler has said she will now think twice before tweeting, a month after she used the microblogging site to undermine her rival, the president’s former partner. Trierweiler sent out a tweet wishing good luck to an opponent of Segolene Royal — Francois Hollande’s ex-partner…
French election descends into soap opera with Segolene Royal defeat
By Gina Doggett PARIS — Twin rivalries — one political, the other amorous — doomed Segolene Royal, former partner of French President Francois Hollande, to suffer a humiliating defeat in Sunday’s legislative polls. Conceding defeat, Royal initially kept her remarks in the political arena, bitterly slamming the “political betrayal” of…
Hollande wins French left’s presidential primary
French Socialist lawmaker Francois Hollande was crowned favourite for next year’s presidential election on Sunday, winning the left’s primary to choose a challenger for Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy, the right-wing incumbent, is all but certain to run for re-election, but recent opinion polls show him on course to lose, and Hollande’s…
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