Business Recorder - News https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:30:23 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:30:23 +0500 60 French foreign minister quits after Tunisia blunders https://www.brecorder.com/news/4919/french-foreign-minister-quits-after-tunisia-blunders <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" alt=" " src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/feb/french01.jpg" width="400" height="390" />PARIS: French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie presented her resignation in a letter to President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday, following a series of gaffes over the uprising in Tunisia.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">"I ask you to accept my resignation," Alliot-Marie wrote in the letter, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">Sarkozy, due to make a televised address later on Sunday, is expected to replace her with Defence Minister Alain Juppe, a veteran conservative who served as prime minister and foreign minister in the 1990s.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><Center /><b><i>Copyright Reuters, 2011</b></i><br /></center></p> PARIS: French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie presented her resignation in a letter to President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday, following a series of gaffes over the uprising in Tunisia.

"I ask you to accept my resignation," Alliot-Marie wrote in the letter, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.

Sarkozy, due to make a televised address later on Sunday, is expected to replace her with Defence Minister Alain Juppe, a veteran conservative who served as prime minister and foreign minister in the 1990s.

Copyright Reuters, 2011

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