Sarkozy says France could use veto in trade talks
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SAINT-PIERRE-LE-VIGER, France  - President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday that France would veto any World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement that did not satisfy its requirements on agriculture.
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Poland on Friday held out the possibility it could drop its threat to veto talks on a new European Union treaty next week, saying compromise was closer after lobbying by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Claude Gueant, the chief of staff of  French President Nicolas Sarkozy, reiterated on Sunday that  France preferred any bid for domestic bank Societe Generale   to be a French one rather than a foreign one.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday he was willing to resort to an EU measure to ban genetically-modified crops in France if scientific studies confirm their safety was in doubt.
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Creating a defence and aerospace "industrial champion" centered on France may be impossible for Nicolas Sarkozy to engineer during his last days as finance minister, as political considerations cloud the ...
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Splits appeared within the European Union over the role of the blocâs trade chief, Peter Mandelson, in getting global trade talks moving again last weekend. Mr. Mandelson and other ministers from trade powers met Saturday in Davos, Switzerland, and agreed to push ahead with negotiations aimed at getting a deal for the World Trade Organizationâs Doha round. The round was suspended last July as a result of big differences, chiefly over farm trade, and it risks running out of time soon. France, a longtime defender of Europeâs agricultural interests, criticized Mr. Mandelson over the Davos meeting, accusing him of going beyond his authority. Franceâs criticisms were echoed by Austriaâs farm minister. Germany, which holds the European Union presidency, supports Mr. Mandelson, said Michael Glos, the German economics minister.
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France's President Sarkozy calls for taxes to hit polluters and for French use of pesticides to be halved.
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France&#39;s new President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed in a message here Saturday to strengthen dialogue between the European Union and oil-rich Gulf Arab states to make the best use of energy resources.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is at  odds with his foreign minister over whether the country's  international television news channel should ditch English and  Arabic, and broadcast only in French.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Poland on Thursday could tip the balance in persuading its eurosceptic conservative leaders not to veto talks on a new European Union treaty.
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"Much will depend on this region, for instance Europe's capability for economic development"  French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday stressed France's interest in ties with central Europe after talks with his Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Solyom in Budapest, Hungary's MTI News Agency reported. via Xinhuanet
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday that he will seek tougher U.N. sanctions on Iran for continuing to produce nuclear fuel, but backed away from his foreign minister's warning that Europe should prepare for war.
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy suggests new taxes on internet and mobile phone use to fund advert-free TV.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy says Turkey should not join the EU without a referendum in France.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is at odds with his foreign minister over whether the country's international television news channel should ditch English and Arabic, and broadcast only in French.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  dispatched an envoy to Ankara to try to calm tensions over his  adamant opposition to Turkey entering the European Union, Le  Figaro newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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French President Jacques Chirac on Saturday called for an end to a European Union arms embargo on China as companies from both nations signed contracts worth more than $1 billion