The global credit squeeze has left German businesses increasingly gloomy about future prospects - after several reports indicating that many business people felt confident.
The German defence minister comes in for criticism over plans for the "nightmare scenario": Should air force pilots shoot down hijacked civilian planes?
A property deal by Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cécilia comes under scrutiny in the French press
Christine Lagarde, France's new finance minister, has been named "minister for the rich" by hard-left media - but she insists that France must work harder and earn more
The French president Nicolas Sarkozy has called for tougher sanctions on Iran as the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that Iran's nuclear programme continues to defy the Security Council
A thumping majority of French voters aren't worried about Nicolas Sarkozy's stay on a billionaire's yacht. Yet another attempt at demonisation fails.
Anne Applebaum has a look at the outgoing President's record in foreign affairs. Some great gems here, including his description of democracy as "a luxury"