Fillon

The popular Fillon is distancing himself from Sarkozy and may also become a rival in 2012.

Eric Margolis: France's Mass Strikes Are No Tea Party Eric Margolis 2010

The popular Fillon is distancing himself from Sarkozy and may also become a rival in 2012.

Eric Margolis: France's Mass Strikes Are No Tea Party Eric Margolis 2010

The popular Fillon is distancing himself from Sarkozy and may also become a rival in 2012.

Eric Margolis: France's Mass Strikes Are No Tea Party Eric Margolis 2010

The popular Fillon is distancing himself from Sarkozy and may also become a rival in 2012.

Eric Margolis: France's Mass Strikes Are No Tea Party Eric Margolis 2010

It wasn't immediately clear if Mr. Fillon is unhappy with the progress the oil industry is making in sorting out the supply problems.

French Senate Approves Pension Change Amid Protests Art Mooradian 2010

The net outflows deal a blow to the French asset-management industry, which in the past four years has begun to benefit from a new attitude toward saving, prompted by the so-called Fillon law of 2003.

French mutual funds hit by a bad run of outflows 2008

Mr. Besson said the final decision on the price was made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, along with Prime Minister François Fillon.

EDF Shares Jump on Nuclear-Price Increase Geraldine Amiel 2011

Prime Minister François Fillon, a member of Mr. Sarkozy's UMP party, called for "insidious and slanderous attacks" against the president to stop.

French Campaign-Finance Probe Advances David Gauthier-Villars 2011

Mr. Fillon denied that the ratings downgrade would skew the negotiating balance in favor of Germany.

S&P Defends Ratings Cuts as France, Germany Stay the Course Geoffrey T. Smith 2012

More photos and interactive graphics Agence France-Presse/Getty Images France's Prime minister François Fillon looks back as he leaves the Élysée palace following the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris.

European Countries Summon Syrian Envoys Laurence Norman 2011