French Socialist leader plays down breakup with Segolene Royal
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French Socialist party leader Francois Hollande on Monday said his separation from Segolene Royal was a private matter that has no political consequences.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office has announced that he and his wife, Cecilia, plan to divorce. Some other government leaders and heads of state who separated or divorced while in power.
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PARIS - The French, on the right and on the left, have embraced the news that President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Cecilia, have divorced with a surprising amount of equanimity and a collective shrug.
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PARIS -- Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed yesterday that he will run for president next spring and will quit the government if his ruling center-right party backs his candidacy at a Jan. 14 meeting. Sarkozy could face Socialist Segolene Royal, who is seeking to become the first woman to lead France. But a recent surge by veteran far-right leader Jean-Marie ...
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French presidential frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy distances himself from President Chirac's legacy.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday that his relationship with former supermodel Carla Bruni is a "serious matter," but he would not reveal a date for their wedding.
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PARIS, Nov. 17 -- Riding a wave of popular disgust with France's political status quo, SÃÂ©golÃÂ¨ne Royal on Thursday used an Internet-fueled, personality-driven campaign to capture the Socialist Party's nomination for president and boost her bid to become France's first female head of state.
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The famously dysfunctional couple at the head of France's main opposition Socialist Party is breaking up.
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Socialist candidate for France's 2007 presidential elections, Segolene Royal, in Bondy, as she leaves the 8th "Parlement des banlieues" aimed at enabling residents to present propositions on employment, ...Comment
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Cecilia Sarkozy, newly divorced from France's president, said she and her ex-husband tried to work things out until the end and did not lie about their relationship to help his election campaign, according to a report Saturday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on  Tuesday his relationship with Italian singer and former model  Carla Bruni was serious but he dodged giving a wedding date.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia are separating, the president's office said in a terse statement on Thursday, ending rampant speculation about the state of their 11-year old marriage.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia are separating by mutual consent, the president's office said on Thursday, ending rampant speculation about the state of their 11-year old marriage.
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Defeated Socialist presidential candidate separates from her partner FranÃ§ois Hollande, the party leader.
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The Associated Press A new opinion poll suggests center-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy would beat Socialist contender Segolene Royal in a likely second-round vote in France's presidential election in three ...Comment
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How do you compete with mom, flag, and apple pie?That's the American version of the question facing France's conservatives, now that Segolene Royal has emerged as the Socialist Party's candidate for president ...Comment
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After a plummet in the polls, the once-hot  Socialist candidate tries to rejuvenate her campaign for the French presidency with an appeal to her base