French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, for talks on the eurozone's economic problems. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)
** FILE ** Georges Tron, France's junior minister for civil service, waves to the media as he arrives for the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris in March 2010. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
** FILE ** French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, are seen on May 13, 2011, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Associated Press)
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, welcomes Libyan National Transitional Council's Mustapha Abdeljalil at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 20, 2011. France's government said Wednesday it will send a small number of military liaison officers to Libya to work with opposition forces, but no ground troops. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
U.S Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, right, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy walk in the Elysee Palace in Paris, during a crisis summit on Libya Saturday, March, 19, 2011. Britain and France took the lead in plans to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya on Friday, sending British warplanes to the Mediterranean and announcing a crisis summit in Paris with the U.N. and Arab allies.(AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure, Pool)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa discuss in the Elysee Palace in Paris, during a crisis summit on Libya, Saturday, March, 19, 2011. Britain and France took the lead in plans to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya on Friday, sending British warplanes to the Mediterranean and announcing a crisis summit in Paris with the U.N. and Arab allies. (AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure, Pool)
French President Jacques Chirac, right, and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak gesture during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on July 25, 2002. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
