Sarkozy wins 'mandate for reform'
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party vows to press ahead with reforms despite losing seats in parliament.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s right wing party won a clear majority to carry through his reform programme in France&#39;s legislative election Sunday but failed to get a widely predicted landslide.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s right-wing party won a solid majority to launch his programme of reforms in France&#39;s legislative election Sunday, but failed to secure a widely predicted landslide.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy won a  solid majority for political and economic reforms in  parliamentary polls on Monday, but the defeat of a top minister  in a late Socialist surge soured the right&#39;s celebrations.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday hailed the French parliament's adoption of the European Union's new reform treaty as a "success" that restores the country to its rightful place in Europe.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, his new government in place and five years in power ahead of him, vowed Wednesday to carry out swiftly the &quot;daring&quot; reform programme that helped get him elected last month.
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New French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Friday to build on economic momentum in France and push ahead with reforms after unemployment in the country fell to a 25-year low in May.
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The French parliament backs a constitutional change at a special congress to get the EU reform treaty ratified.
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French conservatives were headed for a parliamentary landslide after a first round legislative election on Sunday, bolstering President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to implement wide-ranging reforms.
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Conservatives are expected to win a commanding majority in legislative elections, giving the new president a free hand to transform France
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Nicolas Sarkozy has been inaugurated as president of France. Will he lead the country in the right direction?
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France&#39;s energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, today took over the leadership of the country&#39;s ruling party, giving him a vehicle and platform to
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President Nicolas Sarkozy's party won a clear parliamentary majority Sunday in elections seen as crucial to his vision for opening up France's economy, although the opposition thwarted a landslide victory by capitalizing on voter fears of giving Sarkozy too much power.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy was forced into a cabinet rethink on Monday after losing a senior minister in a parliamentary election that gave him an unexpectedly small majority, but his reforms remained on track.
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Conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to bolster his parliamentary support on Sunday as voters cast their ballots in a legislative election that is crucial for his wide-ranging reform plans.
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PARIS -- France's energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, took over the leadership of the country's ruling party yesterday, giving him a vehicle and platform to launch a presidential campaign in 2007 and setting up what is likely to be two years of intense political combat with the incumbent president, Jacques Chirac. Chirac, who turns 72 today, has hinted ...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is  expected to win a huge parliamentary majority to help him push  through tax and labor reforms when voters cast ballots for the  fourth time in eight weeks in a run-off election on Sunday.