it has been a bad week for nicholas sarkozy. the unp supporters are divided. >> this does not prevent him from returning in two or three years for the next election. it is time to change his image. >> it clouds the picture. it is too bad. >> speculation has been building about whether he would run again. he has made public appearances with his wife. and met with the german chancellor, while delivering a speech in berlin. >> i have no intention on ending my voluntary period of withdrawal from politics. >> for the moment, sarkozy is playing his cards close to his chest. others have no doubts about his intentions and say it is too soon to count him out. >> what is important to understand is that sarkozy has often been thought to be politically of one affair or another. you should be very careful with this kind of forecast. the truth is that nicholas sarkozy, unlike others, defend himself. he defends himself very well. >> his supporter say there's nothing standing in the way of the former president. >> the french are not stupid. the

nicholas sarkozy is finally speaking out over a phone tapping scandal that has been brewing for weeks. he is now telling his side of the story. let's get more. >> breaking the silence -- former president nicholas thosey has lashed out at behind the secret recordings of him and his colleagues while in office. he writes -- secret vegetables of our republic -- sacred principles of our republic are being trampled. clandestine the recordings were worthy of the german stasi of the 1930's. heave a part of the blame with the current government, warning that anyone in contact with him now could be the subject of surveillance. >> we're not talking about the actions of a dictator somewhere in the world against the opposition. this is france. >> the socialist party replied immediately. >> i am shocked to see the former president compare our country, his country, to the former east germany and the era of the iron curtain. >> party stalwarts leapt to his defense. >> it is essential that nicholas are closing defends himself. and that he respond to the hateful attacks that have been aimed at him for

france's highest appeal court is to will today on whether nicholas sarkozy's diaries were seized illegallyn police raids as part of an investigation. that investigation to establish richest woman -- france's richest woman made illegal donations to his campaign. if the use of the diaries is ruled illegal they could be used in other cases pending and that surround the former french president. minutes past 1:00 p.m. here in paris. the latest headlines. viktor yanukovych says he remains the president of ukraine and the commander in chief of its armed forces. this as ukraine's parliament threatened the crimea's assembly with dissolution if it goes ahead with a sunday's referenda. all flight to crimea have been banned apart from those that come from mesko. interpol says it is unlikely the disappearance of the malaysia airplane was a terror incident. interpol chief said two men you -- the two men whose -- who used stolen passports had earlier used the reigning passports. spain is marking the 10 year anniversary of the devastating suicide attacks on madrid's trains. the attack left almost 200 peop

france now with the former french president nicholas sarkozy has compared the court were tapping of the stones to spine by east germany's secret police the stasi all the surveillance was part of an official investigation into allegations that some cozy accepted to fifty million euros in cash an elite libyan dictator mom wanted off before his two thousand and seven election campaign. the content of some of those phone calls. a few weeks to the french press and now sarkozy has hit back in a strongly worded newspaper article. josie was president from two thousand seven to twenty twelve to the corruption case against him is politically motivated the comments of quito france's political atmosphere ahead of municipal elections this coming sun. australia's deputy prime minister warren truss said that any possible debris from the missing malaysia airlines plane that was floating in the southern indian ocean may have sunk beneath the weight that makes a show for it difficult for the boeing seven seventy seven. they zeroed in on a remote area of the southern indian ocean. more than two thousand k

former president nicholas sarkozy have to rush job that goes behind the secret recordings of him and his colleagues while in office he writes in that the gospel. sacred principles of our republic of the temple with abundance and unprecedented streak of this news in a forthright opinion piece. cause he says the contest and recordings were worthy of the german stasi of the nineteen thirty six. keane's part of the brain with the current government warning that anyone in contact with him now could be the subject of surveillance. we have not talking about the actions of the tape is somewhere in the weld against the opposition. he says frauds. the socialist party replied immediately. this is due to the shop to see that former presidents compare our country his country to the former east germany. he will be our intention to rebuild their party stalwarts leapt to his defense though these posts up into the socket. it's essential that necklace to propose it to yourself. on the blog and responded to the stream before the taxi to have contained a full week this has the guts to men. earlier this

being questioned in a corruption case that reaches all the way up to former french president nicholas sarkozy. over her alleged involvement in a four hundred million euro states came out for a business tycoon in exchange for his backing to cozy up around his mouth. christina god is to face her former chief of stops the front of the show in the french court of justice for a decision she took when she was finance minister under nicholas are cozy. kiddo was back to two thousand and eight when the guard had to rule on the dispute between business tycoon get knocked up the pen could be the innate in the resale of his company adidas. he claimed he was sold short on the deal or not the end of the linked the judicial procedure was awarded close to four hundred million euro is now the judges are trying to determine whether the private arbitration which awarded copy the money was in front which i'm organized in collusion with the government to sixty guests don't get me to update my explanations and helps provide on to the questions that have been raised to benefit this was taken at that time is a good

. >>> well pressure is growing on nicholas sarkozy that muammar qaddafi gave millions to his campaign>> reporter: judges ordered the former french president's phone to be tapped. it comes at a difficult time for sarkozy, who is believed to be planning an political comeback. the investigation into the 2007 campaign began last year and he's investigated for interfering with the judiciary, that's after another investigation into financing case. sarkozy said he has done nothig wrong. he's also planning to suing a former adviser for releasing hours of private recordings. i'm joined by journalist and political commentator. >> well, it's probably too early to say. we are the end of an absolutely astonishing weak. as you mentioned former adviser tape recorded hours of conversation of the former president, and then deciding that it's too early to know the consequences. what is clear the only way the judges could order phone hack something that he could be having misconduct that could lead to condemnation of two years in jail. if he's going to jail, he's got to go to another trial, it would be

. >> perhaps pointing out this isn't just something--these are all allegations around nicholas sarkozyspecifically, but does it also say something about the french political system or institutions in france? >> yes, i think we can say using shakespeare word that there is something rotten in france. it would be a very difficult and tricky game to play. the strategy--some people say that franÇois hollande wants to be against mary lapel, the far right leader. i think it's a very dangerous card to flay. >> now today is international women's day. 80% of the 1.8 million children trafficked into slavery are girls. girls are more likely to be denied an education. two-thirds of the adults that can't read or write will be women. and one in three women will be beaten or raped in their life. >> not many topics are off limits in denmark. in this women's event in copenhagen abortion is up for discussion. but what's really got people talking is a report about violence against women, and in particular danish women. >> when you see a report like this, and you hear there are a lot of sexual violence aga

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