Paris. .- The French Foreign Minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, today announced his resignation after the controversy caused by their actions before the revolt in Tunisia and a controversial last vacation in the country where protests had begun. In a letter delivered to the president, Nicolas Sarkozy, Alliot-Marie declared victim of political and media campaign against her figure and says it has "think too highly of politics in the service of France" to accept being used as a pretext for to weaken the government's foreign policy.
"Despite having the feeling of not having committed any fault, I decided to give up my duties," he says in the letter released by the ministry. The first criticism came after Tunisia will provide technical assistance to law enforcement to the Tunisian galas to manage the demonstrations, a statement that she feels misunderstood because his intention, he said, "was not supporting the regime of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali but try to avoid casualties.
The bashing of the opposition against the diplomat was intensified in early February after it was revealed that its year-end trip to Tunisia was invited to use the airplane from a businessman linked to the president and with whom their parents shut down, also a business. His credibility has been questioned for weeks and his departure from government was taken for granted after this Friday two "heavyweights" of the executive revealed to the newspaper "Le Monde" on condition of anonymity that the president had decided to "leave her "so that the resignation is seen as a forced march.
In the middle turn of the French presidency of the G20 and the G8, and 14 months of the upcoming presidential elections, this change is seen as an attempt by the head of state to stifle criticism. The name listed as the favorite to replace Alain Juppe, the current Minister of Defence and Foreign headed from 1993 to 1995.
Sarkozy's speech and possible cabinet reshuffle Meanwhile, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will deliver this evening at 20 hours, a message to the nation, amid speculation about an imminent cabinet reshuffle. Sarkozy has struggled to rebound in the popularity polls with a view to the 2012 presidential election.
Sarkozy's government has been criticized because of its action before the recent social and political upheaval in the Arab world. 
"Despite having the feeling of not having committed any fault, I decided to give up my duties," he says in the letter released by the ministry. The first criticism came after Tunisia will provide technical assistance to law enforcement to the Tunisian galas to manage the demonstrations, a statement that she feels misunderstood because his intention, he said, "was not supporting the regime of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali but try to avoid casualties.
The bashing of the opposition against the diplomat was intensified in early February after it was revealed that its year-end trip to Tunisia was invited to use the airplane from a businessman linked to the president and with whom their parents shut down, also a business. His credibility has been questioned for weeks and his departure from government was taken for granted after this Friday two "heavyweights" of the executive revealed to the newspaper "Le Monde" on condition of anonymity that the president had decided to "leave her "so that the resignation is seen as a forced march.
In the middle turn of the French presidency of the G20 and the G8, and 14 months of the upcoming presidential elections, this change is seen as an attempt by the head of state to stifle criticism. The name listed as the favorite to replace Alain Juppe, the current Minister of Defence and Foreign headed from 1993 to 1995.
Sarkozy's speech and possible cabinet reshuffle Meanwhile, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will deliver this evening at 20 hours, a message to the nation, amid speculation about an imminent cabinet reshuffle. Sarkozy has struggled to rebound in the popularity polls with a view to the 2012 presidential election.
Sarkozy's government has been criticized because of its action before the recent social and political upheaval in the Arab world.
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