French Finance Minister Takes Over Ruling Party Leadership
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France&#39;s energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, today took over the leadership of the country&#39;s ruling party, giving him a vehicle and platform to
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Japan's finance minister became the first to launch a bid to lead the country on Thursday as the ruling party scrambled to avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- French Agriculture Minister Herve Gaymard will replace Nicolas Sarkozy as finance minister, le Monde reported Monday.
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The establishment of departments for economic intelligence and monitoring has been going ahead at France' biggest ministries.
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Nicolas Sarkozy becomes the first French president to hold talks with the far-right's  Jean-Marie Le Pen in decades.
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Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg takes over as chairman of the euro group of countries this week, donning the mantle as Europe&#39;s first quasi- official spokesman for the currency they share.
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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 has resigned as France&#39;s finance and economy minister to concentrate on his new job leading the ruling UMP party of President Jacques Chirac.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin met his British counterpart Tony Blair in London, using the occasion to bring him up to speed on changes to his government in Paris.
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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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France's popular president leads national day celebrations with several breaks with tradition.
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Nicolas Sarkozy resigned as finance minister Monday, a day after accepting the leadership of France's conservative party and effectively becoming a rival to his old boss, President Jacques Chirac.
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The leading candidate to become the next prime minister has acquired numerous labels en route, including Baathist, Marxist, French-trained economist, exiled opposition leader, Islamist and religious party leader.
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French finance minister Nicolas Sarkozy unveils a budget promising to bring the deficit under control.
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Herve Gaymard, farm minister and loyal backer of French President Jacques Chirac, takes over the finance ministry from Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker was reelected Friday as head of the group of euro-zone finance ministers and pledged to step up consultations with the European Central Bank.
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Christian Streiff, new chief executive of French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen, took command of the group and immediately announced a shake-up of the management structure, the company announced.