Candidates see Sarkozy as beacon of change
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Excitement is stirring in the presidential campaign over a politician who's been talked about in the same breath as John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right allies were headed for a parliamentary landslide after a first round legislative election on Sunday, bolstering his chances of implementing wide-ranging reforms.
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Jacques Chirac's potential successors _ including the head of his own party, Nicolas Sarkozy _ are racing to distance themselves from the French president's legacy that critics say is marred by economic ...Comment
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s rightwing party was headed for a landslide victory in Sunday&#39;s parliamentary elections that will give him free rein to push through his bold reform programme.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen is shaking up France's election season, thanks to some surprising new supporters
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France's political sphere changed dramatically when Nicolas Sarkozy, the ambitious finance minister, was formally named the new leader of the ruling conservative party -- widely seen as the start of his march to replace Jacques Chirac as French president in 2007.
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PARIS -- A number of prominent leftist intellectuals have thrown their support behind Nicolas Sarkozy, the leading center-right candidate for the French presidency, buoying his campaign and dealing a new blow to the Socialist Party candidate, S&#xE9;gol&#xE8;ne Royal.
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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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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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Nicolas Sarkozy awaits the public sector disruption that could shape his future reforms  and presidency
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The candidates offered critiques of the opposition party, perhaps signaling a new dynamic in the presidential race.
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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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Young people can change the world, Mr Sarkozy said The leader of France's governing UMP party, Nicolas Sarkozy, has called for a break with the past in a keynote speech to young party activists.
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In so many ways, French politician and presidential aspirant Nicolas Sarkozy is a breath of fresh air in French and European politics.
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French Socialist presidential contender Segolene Royal was preparing to set out her election programme in a speech to party delegates widely seen a turning-point in the campaign.
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LE HAVRE, France  - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on French voters on Tuesday to back him again in next month's parliamentary elections so he can push through the sweeping economic reforms he has promised.
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The race for the French presidency will move up a gear this week with the official investiture of Segolene Royal as the Socialist Party's (PS) candidate and with Nicolas Sarkozy throwing his hat into the ring for the right-wing UMP party's nomination.