On Thursday, the council of state, France's highest administrative court, will examine a request by the French Human Rights League to scrap the burkini bans.
In 2008, for instance, the agency examined a request from the owner of a Toyota Tacoma pickup to investigate "sudden and uncontrolled acceleration".
He has been placed under formal investigation for alleged influence-peddling, following the tapping of his mobile phone although on September 24th the case was put on hold while judges examine a request by Mr Sarkozy for it to be dismissed.As for Mr Sarkozy's platform, that too remains unclear.
The prime minister also promised to examine a request from the SDLP MP Mark Durkan that a promise to grant access to official records on the Guildford Four case should be honoured.
Asked about the possibility of Greece's receiving more funds, Ms. Merkel said on German television immediately after Sunday's election that her finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, was already committed to examining a further request, and that would almost certainly lead to a third bailout deal for Athens.
In his remarks, Perry said that his department was currently examining an emergency request from FirstEnergy Solutions, one of the largest electric utilities in the country, for help saving its struggling nuclear and coal plants.
Top Russian officials, including the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, have publicly said Moscow would "positively examine" a Greek request for aid if one was made.
To almost everyone -- the innocent and the present or past wrongdoer -- the path of least resistance seems, under the pressure of confrontation, to be the best strategic response to a police request to examine a car or personal property.
It is understood that a supervised team of "paralegals" – who are not professional lawyers – have been given the legal task of examining every request and making a decision on whether to approve it.
An embassy spokesman confirmed that "Moussaoui has made a request for a visit, and we are examining this request -- the new element is his willingness to meet with us".
"We have never had a situation where we have bought every book suggested to us and at the moment we need to examine all requests for new purchases on a case by case basis, depending on demand.
