Sarkozy's poll win tempered by left's revival
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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 talk of a sales tax hike appeared to cost them votes.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's approval rating has slid to its lowest point in his nine months in office, a poll commissioned by l'Express magazine showed on Tuesday, prompting the weekly to speak of a "toboggan effect".
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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.
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If front-runners Nicolas Sarkozy or Segolene Royal stumble in their race for the French presidency &#151; and that's a very big "if" &#151; then a centrist rising slowly but surely in opinion polls is ready to pounce.
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Whether because of his public love life or his economic policies, French voters seem to be souring on their new president
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President Nicholas Sarkozy might have  just got re-married, but his love affair with the French  electorate appears well and truly over.
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France on Sunday held the deciding round of parliamentary elections expected to give right wing President Nicolas Sarkozy an overwhelming mandate for his ambitious reforms.
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France goes to the polls for the second time in a just over a month on Sunday when it votes in parliamentary elections that are expected to seal President Nicolas Sarkozy's grip on power.
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French voters went back to the polls Sunday for parliamentary elections expected to give conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy an overwhelming mandate for ambitious reforms aimed at modernizing France.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  suffered a seven-point drop in his approval ratings, mainly  because of worries over the economy, according to an opinion  poll published in the newspaper Le Parisien on Sunday.
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France votes in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday with President Nicolas Sarkozy's party expected to strengthen its hold on power, clearing the way for him to push ahead with reforms.
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France is set to elect a new National Assembly, with a big win predicted for President Nicolas Sarkozy's party.
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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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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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Voting began in the first round of  France&#39;s legislative election on Sunday with President Nicolas  Sarkozy&#39;s conservative UMP party expected to strengthen its  hold on power.
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French centre-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, the frontrunner to succeed Jacques Chirac as president, has distanced himself from the Chirac era.Comment
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President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s right-wing party won an absolute majority in the French parliament on Sunday, taking 314 out of 577 seats in the National Assembly, official results showed.