Julian Nundy (10)
17.08.2011
Political Column: by Julian Nundy -The Riviera Times’ political commentator in Paris
When the French Socialist Party's leading hope was arrested on sexual assault charges in New York, the Sofitel hotel, where he was staying, informed its Paris headquarters. The Accor hotel group's security chief immediately then phoned the news through to President Nicolas Sarkozy's office. d.Read more … Plots and issues
12.07.2011
Political Column: by Julian Nundy -The Riviera Times’ political commentator in Paris
At first, the affair looked like Manna from Heaven for Nicolas Sarkozy and his Union for a Popular Movement party, or UMP. In the space of one weekend in May, his main opponent in next year's presidential election was eliminated and humiliated.Read more … No gift from the gods
16.05.2011
Political Column: by Julian Nundy -The Riviera Times’ political commentator in Paris
Marseille. Its deep-red bouillabaisse fish stew; its old port; its plunging views on the Mediterranean; its calanques, the picturesque bays hewn from the rocks on its outskirts.Read more … Fraternal connection
18.04.2011
Political Column: by Julian Nundy -The Riviera Times’ political commentator in Paris
Everything points to a Socialist victory in next year’s presidential election.Read more … Waiting for the sky to fall
14.03.2011
Political Column: by Julian Nundy -The Riviera Times’ political commentator in Paris
Would things have been better if they had not chosen Tunisia and Egypt for their holidays?Read more … Holidaying with autocrats
15.02.2011
Political Column: by Julian Nundy -The Riviera Times’ political commentator in Paris
The New Year for France’s politicians began badly. On the first weekend after the holiday, a gaggle of Socialist Party leaders trooped off to Jarnac, in the Cognac region, to pay their respects at the graveside of the late President François Mitterrand on the 15th anniversary of his death. Read more … A sullen start
17.01.2011
Political Column: by Julian Nundy -The Riviera Times’ political commentator in Paris
If there was a winner in French politics in 2010, the conservative consensus is that it was Jean-François Copé, a former budget minister who was recently elected secretary general of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party in November. Read more … Personalities of the year
12.12.2010
Political Column: by Julian Nundy -The Riviera Times’ political commentator in Paris
From the moment that Nicolas Sarkozy’s Union for a Popular Movement suffered a crushing defeat in regional elections last March, a cabinet reshuffle was on the cards. In July, the president said it would follow the conclusion of his much-disputed pensions reform. Read more … Reality government
11.10.2010
Political Column: by Julian Nundy -The Riviera Times’ political commentator in Paris
After a summer in which one controversy followed another, Nicolas Sarkozy upset a European summit with a lunch-time row with European Commission President José Manuel Barosso.Read more … Fall from grace
17.09.2010
Columns: The Riviera Times' political commentator in Paris
France’s return from summer is a moment governments often dread. Disgruntled citizens resume their routine and see all that is wrong. Worst of all is the prospect of a rentrée sociale of strikes and demonstrations.Read more … Sarkozy's risky Rentrée
