FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to sue a publishing company unless it withdraws a Sarkozy doll that comes with a "voodoo manual" instructing buyers to plant pins in it, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

The doll is emblazoned with a number of Mr Sarkozy's most famous quotes, such as "Get lost, you pathetic arsehole? " his words to a bystander who refused to shake his hand at an agricultural show last year.