Rachida Dati makes surprise return to French cabinet
Dati, who previously served under Sarkozy, is named culture minister by new PM Gabriel Attal
May 2015
Rachida Dati defends bills for Hermès scarves as ministry expenses rejected
Former French justice minister under Sarkozy attacks ‘political plotters’ in her party after state auditors reject €190,000 of spending by Dati’s former ministry
April 2015
Rachida Dati to meet UK officials as part of anti-extremism mission
The French MEP says terrorist attacks in Paris, Copenhagen and Tunis ‘show we face a common challenge that transcends national borders’
January 2015
Charlie Hebdo aftermath: we French must find how to keep this spirit of unity
Rachida Dati
Rachida Dati: the first Muslim woman to hold a key ministerial post in France, calls for a new stance on religion
May 2014
Rachida Dati warns French to stop far right by turning out in European polls
MEP and former Sarkozy protege fears apathy about EU will open door to extremists, writes Kim Willsher
January 2014
The EU: should Britain be in or out?
Sarkozy ally Rachida Dati backs David Cameron over EU referendum plan
February 2013
Kosciusko-Morizet aims to emulate Boris in contest for mayor of Paris
Rachida Dati: the Sarkozy protege who aims to become mayor of Paris
November 2012
What Rachida Dati's paternity case tells us about sexism in France
Nabila Ramdani: The former French justice minister's court case is just the latest in a series of stories about sex scandals and affairs that have dominated the press in a country where female polticians have a terrible public image
December 2011
Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism
In open letter to Le Monde former French minister launches scathing attack on political colleague François Fillon
December 2010
Rachida Dati's war of words with Sarkozy acolyte over mayoral bid
Former French justice minister takes issue over candidacy with new sports minister Chantal Jouanno
September 2010
Media Monkey
French politician's slip of the tongue
The view from a broad
The view from a broad: Curvy models / A politician confuses oral sex with inflation
April 2010
Nicolas Sarkozy, a modern Louis XVI?
Nabila Ramdani
What's the French for tittle-tattle? Let's ask Sarko and Rachida
Katharine Whitehorn
February 2010
Rachida Dati: 'I have never wanted to give up my high heels'
Rachida Dati caused a furore when she went back to work as France's justice minister only five days after giving birth last year. Now an MEP, she explains how her penchant for stilettos can coexist with her drive to succeed in politics
December 2009
Cif belief
Language still a barrier in the banlieue
Nabila Ramdani
Nabila Ramdani: Sarkozy's identity debate has developed into a diatribe aimed at attracting Islamophobic voters to France's ruling party
Frustrated French MEP Rachida Dati caught out by TV microphone
Former justice minister heard saying 'I can't stand it any more', six months into exile at European parliament
