Nicolas Sarkozy

Lady Gaga makes an entrance, Mark Zuckerberg learns a new skill and Saudi women are driven to rebel

The French president is hoping a yet another reworking of his cabinet will lift his flagging reputation

Shania Twain’s big day, Pat Robertson’s surprise stand, and the next Siskel and Ebert

Maclean’s presents the best photos of 2010

Laptop thefts, surveillance, threats—French journalists are complaining of a new era of media intimidation

Foreign Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie will bring a steady hand and right-wing point of view to the job

French President offers apparent lesson in unfounded accusations

Energetic protests against plans by the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy to reform the French retirement system have cut national fuel supplies, stopped trains and roiled the nation

A pampered continent protests the rollback of its lavish welfare state