** FILE ** France's Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrives at the Elysee Palace for a Small Defense of council meeting, in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Hundreds of French troops are involved in an operation at destroyed a command center of Islamic rebels in Mali. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
** FILE ** France's Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrives at the Elysee Palace for a Small Defense of council meeting, in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Hundreds of French troops are involved in an operation at destroyed a command center of Islamic rebels in Mali. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy give a joint press conference after a French-German Cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Afghan president Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy following a news conference at the Elysee palace, in Paris, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg, Pool)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) smiles as he greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, speak to the media during a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday , Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves goodbye to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday as she leaves the Elysee Palace after their meeting in Paris. The two leaders discussed a cohesive plan to help save the euro through stricter oversight of government budgets. The warning by Standard & Poor's of a possible credit downgrade of European nations over the debt crisis came after U.S. financial markets closed Monday. (Associated Press)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel before their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (right) talks with Libyan National Transitional Council Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil (center) and Libyan Transitional National Council Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. Heads of state and top officials gathered in the French capital to work out how to support Libya's opposition leaders after Col. Moammar Gadhafi's fall from power. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
