Centrist Bayrou to challenge Sarkozy and Royal for French presidency
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Centrist Francois Bayrou has said he would stand for French president to offer an alternative to favourites Segolene Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's election.
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Campaigning drew to a close Friday for the first round of French parliamentary elections, in which right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a resounding majority for his ambitious programme of reforms.
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Opponents jumped on right-wing French presidential candidate and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy after police made a special effort to find the thieves of his son's scooter.
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France's Socialists want an alliance with centrists to prevent a crushing poll victory for the ruling UMP.
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Segolene Royal, a popular Socialist, launches her bid to become France's first woman president.
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Segolene Royal on Sunday officially launched her campaign to become France's first woman president at a congress of her Socialist Party as her main rival on the ruling right, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, ...Comment
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French Socialist heavyweights braved a key test in the battle to represent their party in presidential elections next year as they lined up to defend their ideas before thousands of activists.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is due to be made head of President Chirac's governing party.
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PARIS -- Nicolas Sarkozy and S&#xE9;gol&#xE8;ne Royal, the front-runners in France's presidential race, rushed to beef up their campaigns yesterday against the rise of a centrist candidate.
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French voters believe Socialist candidate Segolene Royal does not have the authority or competence of conservative frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy, but would make a better president, according to an opinion poll released on Tuesday.
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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.
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PARIS -- By tomorrow, President Nicolas Sarkozy will probably be one of Europe's most powerful leaders. With the government, Parliament, and top state bodies under his conservative camp's control, he should face little political resistance as he seeks to reshape France.
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Two rivals emerge to challenge favourite Segolene Royal for nomination as the French Socialists' presidential candidate.
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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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France's right-wing presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday vowed a major push to wrench the European Union out of crisis if elected, calling for a relationship of equals between a strong Europe and the United States.
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French centrist Francois Bayrou launched his new party's parliamentary campaign on Thursday with a major Paris rally, and renewed his attacks on President Nicolas Sarkozy's close ties to the country's media moguls.
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Polls show a tight three-way contest in France's presidential race, with a centrist former education minister just a few points behind the two established candidates.Comment