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Green candidate leaves hospital after fall

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:18:00 +0200

The Green candidate in France's presidential election, Eva Joly, was allowed to return home on Monday after being hospitalised overnight following a fall as she left a cinema, officials said.

Security fears raised after flourbomb attack

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:37:00 +0100

Socialist presidential candidate François Hollande was attacked with a bag of flour yesterday just after giving a speech.

Protection stepped up for Green candidate after bullet sent in post

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:38:00 +0100

Police protection for presidential Green candidate Eva Joly has been stepped up after she received a threatening letter containing a bullet.

Green candidate Eva Joly fined for slander

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:31:00 +0100

A French court has fined presidential candidate Eva Joly €1,000 for slander. In 2009, the judge-turned-politician accused Sports Minister David Douillet of holding accounts in a tax haven.

Eva Joly enraged by 'racist attack'

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:42:00 +0100

Norway-born politician Eva Joly, the French Green movement’s presidential candidate, has slammed as “racist” a column in a prominent magazine that appears to mock her French accent.

Green candidate was Miss Norway runner-up

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:36:00 +0200

Eva Joly, who will stand for the Greens in the 2012 presidential elections, is shown in this week's Gala magazine posing as an 18-year old in the Miss Norway beauty contest.

Ratings boost for 'more presidential' Sarkozy

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:00:00 +0200

President Sarkozy can be encouraged by new satisfaction ratings that show a jump of five percentage points, according to a new poll to be published on Thursday in Le Point.

Eva Joly is French green candidate for presidency

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:11:00 +0200

Eva Joly, a Norwegian-French magistrate who once led a probe into one of France's biggest corruption scandals, was on Tuesday elected the French green party's candidate for next year's presidential vote.