Royal's proposals earn applause, sneers in France
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French commentators gave a mixed response on Monday to Segolene Royal's 100 proposals for her presidential bid, saying the plans targeted both Socialist and more conservative voters, but lacked detail on financing.
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PARIS  - In a boost to supporters of the EU&#39;s proposed new constitution, members of France&#39;s opposition Socialists voted &quot;yes&quot; to the plan in a ballot of party members.
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France's president unveils new economic reforms in a  command performance, but skeptics say he's short on detail
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PARIS -- Nicolas Sarkozy and S&#xE9;gol&#xE8;ne Royal, the front-runners in France's presidential race, rushed to beef up their campaigns yesterday against the rise of a centrist candidate.
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Statement from French president's office ends months of speculation over state of marriage.
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LONDON - Uproar between government and royalty broke out throughout the corridors of power yesterday in reaction to Prince Charles&#39; apparent belief that people should not rise above their station.
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The French President looks set to win the freedom of six improperly imprisoned foreign medical personnel. But some suspect he's grandstanding
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French socialist Segolene Royal brushes over criticism during her first overseas trip as presidential candidate.
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In a thinly-veiled attack against  President Nicolas Sarkozy, a group of leading French  politicians have signed an appeal opposing the creation of an  "elective monarchy" in France.
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PARIS -- President Nicolas Sarkozy sent a strong signal to France's disaffected minorities yesterday by appointing an outspoken advocate of Muslim women and a woman of Senegalese origin to his government -- among the country's most diverse ever.
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The French Socialists' presidential candidate Segolene Royal has expressed support for Germany's position on renewable sources of energy.Comment
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PARIS, Jun 20 (IPS) - In his successful bid to lead the country this past  spring, French President Nicolas Sarkozy made reform of the  country's immigration system a centrepiece of his campaign,  at one point telling a news conference that France was  "exasperated by the dispute about national identity and by  uncontrolled immigration."
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PARIS, Feb 11 (IPS) - The French government's new plan for  reconstruction of the poorest neighbourhoods has sparked  criticism, both within the government and among the opposition.
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Some are comparing the Sarkozy family to the Kennedys, while others are saying that their untraditional ways are shameful to the French.
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Defeated French Socialist presidential  candidate Segolene Royal came under fire over her bid to lead  the leftist party on Monday, with one rival accusing her of  seeking to establish a monarchy.
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France&#39;s interior minister called it &quot;scandalous.&quot; Le Figaro called it ridiculous. But whatever you choose to call it, on Monday, four days after the police at Roissy-Charles
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France's Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal is shaking up her campaign team to boost her ratings.