Sarkozy Seeks to Repair German Relations
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France's finance minister said he would use a visit to Berlin on Thursday to iron out "misunderstandings" over his interventions to protect French companies, which have irked German politicians and business leaders.
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In three weeks as France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy has persuaded Colombia to free a jailed guerrilla, won over several European Union leaders to his rescue plan for the EU's integration efforts and made Darfur a top diplomatic priority.
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France called on Thursday for a  better, more balanced relationship with Washington as  diplomatic ties between the two recover slowly after they  soured over Iraq.
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France's President Sarkozy calls for taxes to hit polluters and French use of pesticides to be halved.
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French industrial policy, financial market turmoil and the outlook for Europe&#39;s future will top the agenda when German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy hold an informal summit Monday, a German spokesman said.
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French President Jacques Chirac today meets Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks expected to centre on Franco-German tension over a major restructuring plan for European aircraft manufacturer Airbus.Comment
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Seeking to step out of President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s shadow, Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Tuesday promised to modernize France&#39;s institutions, in his first address to parliament.
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French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder were to meet Friday in the eastern French city of Strasbourg for informal talks focused on Turkey&#39;s bid to join the EU and Iraq.
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Franco-German relations will not be negatively affected by the current crisis at aircraft maker Airbus and tough negotiations about restructuring, a high-ranking German government official said on Wednesday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac are likely to discuss troubled aerospace group EADS  when they meet next week in Paris, but will not address issues better left to company management, a German government spokesman said.
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy calls for a strong Europe to rebuild a more harmonious world order.
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France and Africa must remould their relationship and change their ways, French minister Nicolas Sarkozy says.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a visit to his ancestral homeland of Hungary on Friday as part of a bid to improve ties with central Europe.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy may travel to Brazil to try to drum up support for his nominee for IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, after emerging countries questioned Europe's monopoly of the top job.
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MESEBERG, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac on Friday stressed their "common interest" in a fair sharing of burdens and opportunities as European airplane maker Airbus ...Comment
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said  France could boost its presence in Afghanistan to help the  Afghan army and police in a surprise visit to give French  troops his Christmas greetings.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he and British Prime Minister Tony Blair had struck a deal on reforming the EU's institutions while Germany reported progress towards a treaty.