France seeks Britain's help to transform Europe's economy
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy urged Britain to play an integral role in the European Union's push for economic reform.
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European Union regulators have asked France to provide details of a tax deal with entertainment and telecommunications giant Vivendi Universal to ensure it complies with EU rules on state assistance to companies, the EU said Friday.
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: The French leader has the classic Gaullist vision: Europe, with our former prime minister in the chair, shaping the world
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The leaders of Italy, France and Spain sent a letter to the European Union on Monday, urging the bloc to approve measures to help them cope with the flood of illegal migrants from Africa.Comment
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President Chirac urges French farmers to cultivate biofuel crops to keep agriculture at the heart of Europe.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy will seek to bolster his mandate for pervasive reforms to energize France's sluggish economy in legislative elections starting Sunday.
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The United Kingdom on Friday urged the world's richest nations to rise to the challenge of creating "enduring global prosperity" by removing trade barriers and stepping up aid for poorer countries.
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"I'm worried about the growing attacks that France is deploying against its European allies, against the Germans, the Luxembourgers, against all of the European countries."  France faces thinly concealed and growing frustration from Paris' European partners, irked at President Nicolas Sarkozy's strident position towards EU spending limits and attacks on the ECB. via Raw Story
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Britain's soon-to-be EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said he has already started taking French lessons to prepare for his new Brussels job.
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LONDON, Nov 18  - The leaders of France and Britain pledged Thursday to make reducing global warming a priority when London presides over the Group of Eight nations and the European Union next year.
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France could learn from British Prime Minister Tony Blair's openness and pragmatism, visiting French conservative presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy said.
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Come Monday, President Nicolas Sarkozy will likely be one of Europe's most powerful leaders. With the government, parliament and top state bodies under his conservative camp's control, he should face little political resistance as he seeks to reshape France.
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France wants a fresh start in relations with the United States and both sides have much to contribute to a renewed transatlantic partnership, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said in comments published Monday.
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Â· French president headed for showdown in Brussels  Â· He will demand greater political control over euro
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European nations sought ways Monday to help finance development in Africa to tackle the poverty and violence that fuel illegal immigration to Europe.
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The newly elected French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is to attempt to hammer out a joint Anglo-French position on how to replace the rejected EU constitution when he holds unprecedented joint talks with Gordon Brown and Tony Blair next Tuesday in London.
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PARIS -- By tomorrow, President Nicolas Sarkozy will probably be one of Europe's most powerful leaders. With the government, Parliament, and top state bodies under his conservative camp's control, he should face little political resistance as he seeks to reshape France.