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French Ingrigue, Skulduggery and Betrayal in Progress
 PARIS has been riveted this week by a tale of intrigue, skulduggery and betrayal that a Jacobean playwright might have entitled The Revenge of Nicolas.On one side is Nicolas Sarkozy, 50, leader of President Chirac's UMP (Union for a Popular Majority) party, who is the bitter rival of the Republican "monarch" and the dynamic star of French politics. Eight months after M Chirac banished him from government, M Sarkozy has made a surprise return as Interior Minister in the aftershock of voters' rejection of the European constitution. On the other is M Chirac's camp, under the command of Dominique de Villepin, 51, the new Prime Minister and outgoing Interior Minister. Also involved are the secret security service DST, Cécilia Sarkozy, 47, the politician's glamorous wife and chief adviser, and her alleged lover, a Moroccan-born events organiser. Posted by: too true 2005-06-09 |
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