PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Barack Obama last week it was not worth attacking Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou over his sudden call for a referendum on the euro zone crisis, describing the decision as the act of a depressed man, according to journalists who overheard the comments.
Sarkozy held a private conversation with the U.S. president during a G20 summit last Thursday that was captured on a communications system by journalists who reported that the French leader had branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "liar".