Chirac Rival Sarkozy Gets French Party Boost
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy took over the ruling conservative party Sunday at a glitzy American-style congress that put him on course to launch a presidential bid and possibly challenge Jacques Chirac.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said France could boost its presence in Afghanistan to help the Afghan army and police in a surprise visit to give French troops his Christmas greetings.
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Nicolas Sarkozy's election and the promise of reforms has boosted French business confidence, a study says.
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PARIS -- France's energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, took over the leadership of the country's ruling party yesterday, giving him a vehicle and platform to launch a presidential campaign in 2007 and setting up what is likely to be two years of intense political combat with the incumbent president, Jacques Chirac. Chirac, who turns 72 today, has hinted ...
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PARIS  - In a boost to supporters of the EU&#39;s proposed new constitution, members of France&#39;s opposition Socialists voted &quot;yes&quot; to the plan in a ballot of party members.
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Packed chamber told alliance is strong in French PM's speech to congress.
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Conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to bolster his parliamentary support on Sunday in an election that is crucial for his wide-ranging reform plans.
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Conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to bolster his parliamentary support on Sunday as voters cast their ballots in a legislative election that is crucial for his wide-ranging reform plans.
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French consumer confidence soared to a five-year high in May on optimism about jobs and incomes, official figures showed Thursday, a surge analysts attributed to the election of reformist President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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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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French President Jacques Chirac welcomes  his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday at a time when  Russia is showing growing willingness to use booming oil and  gas revenues to boost its global economic clout.
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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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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 leader Nicolas Sarkozy visits Tripoli to boost EU-Libya ties, amid calls for the re-arrest of six foreign medics.
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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's allies won a large majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday but fell short of the predicted landslide after a row over a sales tax hike appeared to cost them votes.
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Outgoing French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is due to be made head of President Jacques Chirac's governing UMP party on Sunday.