French Socialist vote boost for EU constitution
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PARIS: &quot;Yes&quot; campaigners claimed a clear victory in a ballot held by France&#39;s main opposition Socialist Party on the EU constitution, a result that boosts the treaty&#39;s prospects for approval by French voters next year.
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France voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to give an overwhelming majority to conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for his program of tax and labor reform.
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SUPPORTERS of the European constitution won a significant victory in France last night when the countryâs Socialist Party voted to approve the document in an internal ballot.
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Europe&#39;s leaders signed the EU&#39;s first constitution yesterday, setting aside fears that the document will be rejected by voters and celebrating a new chapter of integration with a lavish ceremony.
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New French President Nicolas Sarkozy is  set to secure a big majority in parliament next month,  according to a poll for the Paris Match magazine released on  Wednesday.
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France goes to the polls for the second  time in a just over a month on Sunday when it votes in  parliamentary elections that are expected to seal President  Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s grip on power.
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PARIS, June 17 -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling party won a majority in parliamentary runoff elections Sunday, but Socialists -- contrary to all poll predictions -- gained more seats than they had held in the previous assembly, foreshadowing tough battles ahead for the new government's...
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French voters overseas cast the first ballots Saturday in a parliamentary election predicted to hand a resounding majority to President Nicolas Sarkozy and his ambitious reform programme.
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France's Socialist Party votes "yes" in an internal vote on the European Constitution, party officials say.
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Europe&#39;s new constitution got a thumbs-up from French Socialists, according to voting results announced Thursday. Some 59 percent of Socialist supporters favored the new charter
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The EU&#39;s new team of Commissioners has voiced confidence that it will scrape through an approval vote in the European Parliament, but the Socialists said they almost had enough support to bring it down.
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France is set to elect a new National Assembly, with a big win predicted for President Nicolas Sarkozy's party.
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Chances of French ratification of the European Union's proposed constitution suffered a setback when former Socialist prime minister and 2007 presidential hopeful Laurent Fabius came out against it.
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French conservatives looked set to sweep parliamentary elections on Sunday and hand President Nicolas Sarkozy the strong mandate he had sought for the wide-ranging reforms he says are needed to revive the economy.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to revive France's economy and its identity stand their first test on Sunday in parliamentary elections, with voters widely expected to give allies of their new conservative leader a mandate for change.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy appears to have won a mandate for change after his party swept first-round parliamentary elections, and he is picking up speed in his plans to overhaul France's welfare state. But rivals say he should watch out.
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French voters are electing a new parliament, with President Sarkozy's UMP party expected to make gains.