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Workers, one with posters reading "withdrawal" demonstrate in Nice, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Protesters are counting on people power to pressure the government to back down on its plan to up the retirement age from 60 to 62, with a second round of September strikes expected to hobble public transport, air traffic and schools across France.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Monday. "The financial crisis is severe in the rich countries, it creates deficits," he said, "but its consequences are far worse for the poor countries." (Associated Press)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux leaves after meeting with security forces at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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In this Tuesday,Sept. 14, 2010 picture made available Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, left, with New York architect Peter Marino, pose during the opening of his photo exhibition "Karl Lagerfeld, parcours de travail" at the European House of Photography in Paris,France. The exhibition runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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An elderly Romanian Roma man smokes after he and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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European Commissioner Vice President and Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Reding threatened France with legal action over the mass expulsions of Roma. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body has declared, setting up a showdown with the government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Roma also known as Gypsies, arrive at Marseille airport, southern France, before being expelled from France, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday, setting up a showdown with the government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In recent weeks, French authorities have dismantled over 100 illegal camps and deported more than 1,000 Roma, mainly back to Romania, in a crackdown that has drawn international condemnation. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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Romanian Roma women look at journalists after they and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A Romanian Roma man carries a large bag, after he and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A Romanian Roma woman sits by luggage, after she and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A Romanian Roma man holds a large bag next to a taxi after he and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A police officer watches Roma also known as Gypsies, arrive at Marseille airport, southern France, before being expelled from France, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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Japan born British actress Olivia de Havilland, left, with British born actress Jacqueline Bisset, after being awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honor by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, at the Elysee Palace, Thursday, Sept. 9 2010 in Paris. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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Romanian Gypsy leader Iulian Radulescu on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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France's Karim Benzema eyes the ball during a training session ahead of their Euro 2012 Group D qualifying soccer match against Bosnia at Olympic Kosevo stadium in Sarajevo, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Workers march with flares during a protest, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. More than 200 street demonstrations were scheduled throughout France during the one-day movement. Civil aviation authorities asked airlines to cut a quarter of flights at Paris' airports, only two out of five fast trains are scheduled to run, and traffic was slowed on Paris' subway and suburban transport lines . (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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** FILE ** Protesters march in Marseille, France, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, to demonstrate against plans by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. The banner reads: "Fighting Together. For what we got, our future, our pension." (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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U.S. actress America Ferrera poses for photographers during a photocall for the film "The Dry Land" at the 36th American Film Festival, in Deauville, Normandy, France, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
