German finance ministry backs French socialist for IMF top job
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The German finance ministry has said it supports French socialist politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn as a candidate for the post of head of the International Monetary Fund.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union chose Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday to head the International Monetary Fund, putting the former French finance minister in line to succeed Rodrigo de Rato in October.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy late Tuesday said the EU backing for former French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn to lead the International Monetary Fund was &quot;good news for France, good news for Europe.&quot;
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The European Union today selected Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund.
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French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin endorsed the presidential bid of fellow conservative but longtime rival Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday, a day after Jacques Chirac announced he would not seek a third term.
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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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A French satirical weekly has won support from powerful interior minister and presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy when it went on trial for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
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European Union finance ministers agreed Tuesday to back French candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn as new head of the International Monetary Fund, the EU&#39;s Portuguese presidency said.
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The International Monetary Fund's board said on Monday any country could nominate a candidate to succeed IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato, throwing open to worldwide competition a job customarily given to Europeans.
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Germany and France have agreed that a future combination of European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Co. and Thales SA must benefit both countries&#39; interests, Economics and Labor Minister Wolfgang Clement said.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday gave the post of prime minister to fellow conservative Francois Fillon, who promised to carry out Sarkozy's sweeping program for change
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Segolene Royal, who tops polls as the Socialist choice to run for French president next spring, formally announced her candidacy Friday.
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The conservative French President reaches across party lines in filling a key foreign-affairs post
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In April, France's new finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, met with US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington.
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Former French economy minister Francis Mer was elected head of the supervisory board of Safran, a group active in aerospace propulsion, aircraft equipment, defense security, and communications, the company said.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he wants Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former finance minister and member of the opposition Socialist Party, to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund.
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Outgoing French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is due to be made head of President Jacques Chirac's governing UMP party on Sunday.