Sarkozyâs Party on the Way to a Big Victory
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President Nicolas Sarkozyâs center-right camp was on course to win a landslide victory after the first round of Franceâs legislative elections.
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Right wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, despite an unexpected narrowing in his party&#39;s parliamentary majority, plans to move fast to overhaul the economy, with the deficit-ridden health care system a primary target.
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The outgoing French finance minister has been confirmed as the new head of President Jacques Chirac&#39;s governing party. Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France&#39;s most popular politicians
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President Nicolas Sarkozy, aiming to push through his vision for a morose France, looked set to win a powerful majority as the French voted in Sunday's runoff elections for parliament. The only question was the size of the victory &#151; large or massive.
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Hailed by 40,000 delirious supporters, France&#39;s most popular politician yesterday took triumphant control of its ruling centre-right party, promising to restore battered Gallic pride with a mix of honesty, energy and new ideas.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France&#39;s most ambitious and visible politicians - and an in-house rival of President Jacques Chirac - moved to the helm of the president&#39;s party yesterday, a perfect podium for him to bid for the
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's allies won a large majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday but fell short of the predicted landslide after a row over a sales tax hike appeared to cost them votes.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy looked set to gain a resounding mandate for his programme of reforms Monday, after round one of legislative elections delivered a large majority for his right-wing political party.
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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s rightwing party was headed for a landslide victory in Sunday&#39;s parliamentary elections that will give him free rein to push through his bold reform programme.
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Campaigning drew to a close Saturday for the second round of France&#39;s parliamentary election, which is expected to deliver an overwhelming majority for President Nicolas Sarkozy and his ambitious programme of reform.
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France's main party of the Right, controlled for 28 years by President Jacques Chirac, passed into the hands of a new generation yesterday at a ceremony that bore more than a passing resemblance to a glitzy ...
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is due to be made head of President Chirac's governing party.
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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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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has taken one step closer to a bid for the presidency, taking the helm of President Jacques Chirac&#39;s party.
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Right-wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy was set to score a crushing victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday, despite a row over his plans for tax hikes that appeared to have rallied the left.
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The French head back to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election tipped to give right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy the majority he needs to push through an ambitious reform programme.