Sarkozy signals break with Chirac
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French presidential frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy distances himself from President Chirac's legacy.
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PARIS  -- As hopes dimmed that two French journalists held captive in Iraq would be freed soon, French President Jacques Chirac was to discuss the crisis Sunday with his foreign minister, who returned from a mission to the Middle East with no news of
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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 on Wednesday received a much-awaited economist's report on removing barriers to growth, but its call for 300 free-market reforms sparked a mini-rebellion in his party.
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PARIS In a move that could change the face of French politics, Nicolas Sarkozy, the popular finance minister whose personal and ideological differences with President Jacques Chirac are well known, took over the helm of the governing center-right party on
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Story published at magicvalley.com on Monday, March 12, 2007 Last modified on Sunday, March 11, 2007 9:43 PM MDT French President Jacques Chirac gestures while speaking during a final media conference at an EU ...Comment
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French president Jacques Chirac delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris on 3 February.Comment
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Jacques Chirac is set to announce that he will not seek a third term as President of France.Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac announced in a televised address last night that he would not seek a third presidential term.Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac slammed Saturday a private initiative to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq as "interference", while the freelance effort appeared to have flopped.
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Nicolas Sarkozy awaits the public sector disruption that could shape his future reforms  and presidency
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement Sunday, telling the nation he will not contest elections in April as a new poll showed strong gains for a centrist outsider.
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French President Jacques Chirac is  expected to announce his retirement from frontline politics on  Sunday after a 45-year career that was strong on symbolic  gestures but short on concrete reforms.
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PARIS, Oct 17 (IPS) - Five months after taking office as president,  Nicolas Sarkozy has run into a crisis over labour issues. Railway  workers and staff at electricity companies, among others, plan to  strike Oct. 18.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy met his prime minister on Monday after securing an unexpectedly small parliamentary majority and losing a senior minister -- setbacks that nonetheless left his reform program on track.
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PARIS -- President Nicolas Sarkozy and his elegant but enigmatic wife, Cecilia, have divorced after months of questions about their relationship, a first for France that struck a deep, personal blow to his young presidency.
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Four months after Nicolas Sarkozy became France&#39;s new president, a cool wind is blowing between Paris and Berlin as tensions appear in his pivotal relationship with Chancellor Angela Merkel.