Links for Friday 27 June 2008:

French winemakers on rampage (International Herald Tribune)
Can French flair beat EU blues? (BBC)
French rogue trader says bank bosses got ‘tonnes of alerts’ (AFP)
French nuclear diplomacy – a step too far? (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
The Last Mistress (Movie Review – The New York Times)
French comic fined for anti-Semitic remarks (jta.org)
French film star Depardieu’s son jailed for drunk-driving (AFP)
News Revellers run amok at Paris hotel’s ‘demolition party’ (Expatica)
Does France need to roll its sleeves up? (Guardian)
Sarkozy is making enemies when he should really be making friends (guardian.co.uk)
Le Téléprésident: Sarkozy tightens his grip over French state TV (Guardian)
Sarkozy irks female MPs with gift (BBC)
French Media And Telecoms Firms Not Happy With Sarkozy Proposal (washingtonpost.com)
Paris pawnshop sells Renoir at auction (AFP)
France in Libya talks over Mediterranean Union plans (Yahoo! News)
France laps up De Caunes’ tears of a clown (guardian.co.uk)
French cars lose out to Japanese models (guardian.co.uk)
David Cameron wins gushing praise in France (Telegraph)
A Monet Sets a Record, Fetching $80.4 Million in London (NYTimes.com)
French gloom deepens but don’t pay attention (Times Online)
7,000-year-old site discovered in Paris (France 24)
They’re back together: Kylie Minogue and Olivier Martinez rekindle romance in Paris (Mail Online)