11/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - Deauville Partnership. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country currently holds the G8 presidency, has made former prime minister Edouard Balladur responsible for implementing the Deauville Partnership, which is “devoted to supporting Arab countries in their transition towards open and democratic societies”, France announced in a press release on 5 July. Balladur will speak “on behalf of the French presidency of the G8 and set out the support...