Sarkozy's 'mandate for reform'?
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Nicolas Sarkozy's party says it will press ahead with reforms, despite falling short of the landslide it predicted in parliamentary elections. Did you vote?
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Chancellor Gordon Brown must leave his &quot;outmoded&quot; view of the European Union behind when he becomes Prime Minister, France&#39;s newly-elected President Nicolas Sarkozy has said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday.
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Popular former French finance and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has taken over the leadership of his country&#39;s conservative ruling party in a move that could change the face of French politics.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's early days have been a masterwork of policy and public relations, but his real challenges lie ahead
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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday hailed the French parliament's adoption of the European Union's new reform treaty, saying it had restored the country to its rightful place in Europe.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy made big promises during his recent election campaign, and a guy named Mustapha Smail plans to tell the world whether he keeps them.
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PARIS, Aug 27 (IPS) - The government of President Nicolas Sarkozy  announced after it was swept into power this spring that its  policies would bring a "tranquil rupture" with many  cherished traditions, particularly in education.
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France's Socialist party on Friday accused Nicolas Sarkozy of suffering from "small man syndrome", saying this explained why the shorter-than-average president had proclaimed his reforms the biggest in decades.
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French ministers are preparing to receive individual performance reviews to find out whether they are getting the job done in the reformist government of President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Â· Reforms must include 'engaging with the people'  Â· Policy forums on table before autumn conference
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Nicolas Sarkozy, in his first speech yesterday as newly elected leader of France&#39;s ruling, rightwing party, appealed to his compatriots to build a &quot;new model of success&quot; to ensure the future became a hope rather than a threat.
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Conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to bolster his parliamentary support on Sunday as voters cast their ballots in a legislative election that is crucial for his wide-ranging reform plans.
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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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President Nicolas Sarkozy will seek to bolster his mandate for pervasive reforms to energize France's sluggish economy in legislative elections starting Sunday.
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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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"A lesser man might have crumbled or said 'who needs this?' "  PARIS: In an apparent setback for the new French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been seeking to expand French influence at EADS, the main private shareholders at the aeronautics and military group - and ... via International Herald Tribune
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President Nicolas Sarkozy is seeking to bolster his mandate for pervasive reforms to energize France's sluggish economy in legislative elections that opened Sunday.The vote is crucial to Sarkozy's reform program because the composition of his Cabinet and its ability to push through legislation is tied to the number of seats the mainstream right has in the 577-seat National Assembly.The balloting Sunday is the first round. In France's complex electoral calculus, only candidates who win a majority of votes Sunday land a seat immediately. In races with no majority winner, any hopeful who gets more than 12.5 percent will qualify for a decisive second round June 17. Read more