Chirac congratulates Finance Minister on winning UMP presidency
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French President Jacques Chirac has congratulated Nicolas Sarkozy on his nomination as president of his ruling party, Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy resigned Monday in order to take over the leadership of the ruling center-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, French TF1 television quoted government officials as saying.
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French President Jacques Chirac, on the first visit to Libya by a French head of state in more than half a century, said Wednesday that turbulent times were over and a &quot;true partnership&quot; was ahead.
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OXFORD, England, Nov 19  - French President Jacques Chirac, continuing his official visit to Britain, hailed Friday &quot;a very strong historical link&quot; between London and Paris, while arguing his case for a &quot;multipolar and interdependent world&quot;.
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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 Jacques Chirac is supporting the bid of the Philippines to host a permanent secretariat of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), Malacanang Spokesman Ignacio R. Bunye said in a statement Sunday.
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Packed chamber told alliance is strong in French PM's speech to congress.
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PARIS: French President Jacques Chirac said yesterday he remained optimistic on the outlook for the economy despite data last week showing growth at just 0.1 per cent in the third quarter this year.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview published Saturday he will support the candidacy of former socialist minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund.
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After a meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der, French President Jacques Chirac said Friday he supports a change to his country&#39;s constitution to allow for a referendum on Turkish EU membership.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France&#39;s most ambitious and visible politicians - and an in-house rival of President Jacques Chirac - moved to the helm of the president&#39;s party yesterday, a perfect podium for him to bid for the
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Nicolas Sarkozy, a flamboyant rival to President Chirac, is crowned as head of France's governing party.
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France's governing centre-right party, the UMP, holds its end-of-summer gathering in Marseille this weekend.
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French President Jacques Chirac declared on Saturday that France was a natural trade partner to China and, amid a flurry of air, rail and energy
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French President Jacques Chirac lent his support to the electoral process in Iraq, wishing his Iraqi counterpart Ghazi al-Yawar success for the January 30 polls and urging huge voter turnout.
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During this ordeal, the strength of our action lies in the cohesion of the entire country, Chirac told his ministers before leaving on an Asian tour, according to government spokesman Jean-Francois Cope.
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JERUSALEM, Aug 24  - An Israeli cabinet minister hailed the French government&#39;s stance on anti-Semitism Tuesday as Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom headed to Paris for talks on a growing spate of attacks on Europe&#39;s largest Jewish community.