French right eyes poll landslide
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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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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement on Sunday, as the current favourite to replace him, Nicolas Sarkozy, continues to make waves on the issue of immigration.
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For the first time in nearly three decades, French voters look set to return the outgoing majority to power in parliamentary elections, giving President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives a commanding lead in the first round.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a huge parliamentary majority to help him push through tax and labor reforms when voters cast ballots for the fourth time in eight weeks in a run-off election on Sunday.
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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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The risk of abstention looms large in  Sunday&#39;s parliamentary election, with many French voters saying  President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s conservatives will win regardless  of their vote.
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Germany's far right looks set to win  seats in a third regional parliament on Sunday as discontent  with Chancellor Angela Merkel's national government and  depressed conditions in the east push voters to the fringes.
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French conservatives were headed for a parliamentary landslide after a first round legislative election on Sunday, bolstering President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to implement wide-ranging reforms.
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The risk of abstention looms large in Sunday's parliamentary election, with many French voters saying President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives will win regardless of their vote.
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Right wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, despite an unexpected narrowing in his party&#39;s parliamentary majority, plans to move fast to overhaul the economy, with the deficit-ridden health care system a primary target.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy won a  solid majority for political and economic reforms in  parliamentary polls on Monday, but the defeat of a top minister  in a late Socialist surge soured the right&#39;s celebrations.
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Voting got under way on Saturday in some overseas French territories in the decisive round of parliamentary elections which are expected to hand President Nicolas Sarkozy a huge majority for his reform plans.
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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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French President Chirac's ruling party risks losing its outright majority in an indirect vote to the Senate.
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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy won a solid majority for political and economic reforms in parliamentary polls on Monday, but the defeat of a top minister in a late Socialist surge soured the right's celebrations.
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French voters are electing a new parliament, with President Sarkozy's UMP party expected to make gains.