French President Nicolas Sarkozy says EU leaders agree to impose a cap on banker pay.

September 25th, 2009 Sarkozy gives Iran December deadlinePITTSBURGH — French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy says Iran faces possible new international sanctions if it doesn't come clean on its nuclear program by December. Sarkozy said that Iran was in clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions in building a second plant to manufacture nuclear fuel and trying to hide if from the world for years.

September 14th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to walk out of this month's meeting of the G20 group of nations if no agreement is found on limiting the bonus of executives, the daily Le Figaro reported Monday. "If there is no concrete decision, I will leave," Sarkozy was quoted as saying.

September 8th, 2009 France's Sarkozy hails Bongo in Gabon electionPARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says he has sent a letter of congratulations to Gabon's newly elected president, Ali Bongo — in a vote contested by the opposition in the African country. A Sarkozy spokesman says the presidential palace sent the letter but that the receiving country usually announces such correspondence.

September 7th, 2009 PARIS - Brazil is planning to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, officials said Monday. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is currently in Brazil to negotiate the aircraft deal.

August 12th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy Tuesday urged the European Union to impose tougher sanctions on Myanmar, denouncing a court ruling against democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi as "brutal and unjust", his office said in a statement. "The Burmese (Myanmar) authorities have shown with this iniquitous ruling their decision to ignore pressing messages from the international community," Sarkozy said in the statement.

July 29th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that his recent collapse while jogging was just a matter of running out of gas. "I ran out of gas, the way everyone one does," Sarkozy told journalists at the Elysee Palace after a meeting of his cabinet.

July 26th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken to hospital Sunday after falling ill while exercising, French media reports said. France Info radio said the incident occurred before noon at his residence in Versailles.

July 26th, 2009 France's Sarkozy has health scare while exercisingPARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy felt unwell while exercising Sunday and was undergoing medical tests, the Elysee Palace announced. Sarkozy "felt faint" Sunday while exercising and his personal doctor immediately took charge and ordered medical tests, the two-paragraph statement said.

July 26th, 2009 Sarkozy hospitalized after feeling unwell on jogPARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says he was rushed by helicopter to a military hospital Sunday after he felt unwell during a strenuous jog on a hot afternoon. Military doctors performed a battery of tests on the 54-year-old president after the episode at a presidential residence outside the capital.

July 13th, 2009 PARIS - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Paris Monday night to attend the French National Day parade as chief guest, the first foreign leader to be accorded the honour. The honour reciprocates India's gesture of inviting French President Nicolas Sarkozy as chief guest for its Republic Day parade in January this year, said French envoy to India Jerome Bonnanfont.

June 22nd, 2009 Sarkozy warns crisis not over yetVERSAILLES, France — French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Monday that the economic crisis "is not finished," but added that the profound changes it is causing mean France's views will carry more weight around the world. Sarkozy also pledged that he would not introduce austerity policies as a result of the downturn, and said "I will not raise taxes because ...

June 7th, 2009 Obama, Sarkozy disagree Turkey's entry to EUCAEN, France — President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy don't see eye to eye on whether Turkey should be allowed to join the European Union. Obama supports EU membership for the largely Muslim country.

April 29th, 2009 Sarkozy unveils sweeping new vision for ParisPARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy has unveiled an ambitious, costly new plan to rethink the structure of Paris and its troubled suburbs. Sarkozy says a key focus of the plan should be expanding the French capital's links to the English Channel via more trade along the Seine River and a new high-speed rail line to Le Havre.

April 11th, 2009 PARIS - French president Nicolas Sarkozy has received a letter containing two bullets, prompting speculation that one was intended for him and the other for his wife, Carla Bruni. It is the second time in a month the president has been sent death threats by post, but the first time France's First Lady has potentially been targeted.

February 21st, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, angered by protest incidents in the past, is now paying visits to local communities with protection provided by hundreds of police and gendarmes, officials confirmed Thursday. A visit to the Loire valley town of Daumeray with a population of 1,600, took place with 700 police providing security, the gendarme office in Angers said.