Sarkozy confirms leadership bid
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has told President Jacques Chirac that he will stand for the leadership of the main governing party, officials say.
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The newly elected French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is to attempt to hammer out a joint Anglo-French position on how to replace the rejected EU constitution when he holds unprecedented joint talks with Gordon Brown and Tony Blair next Tuesday in London.
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France's political scene 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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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is due to be made head of President Chirac's governing party.
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France's Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy steps up his bid for the presidency with a speech to young activists.
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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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France's Socialists formally launched Segolene Royal's candidacy yesterday to compete in a fierce presidential race with high stakes for her and her party: Royal wants to be France's first female president and ...Comment
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President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain endorsed Tony Blair to be the first to fill a recreated European Union presidency.
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Now that Carla Bruni is his bride, Nicolas Sarkozy is focusing again on running France: endorsing a showcase super-fast train, promising to rescue steel workers threatened with layoffs and negotiating with labor leaders.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, in his first speech yesterday as newly elected leader of France&#39;s ruling, rightwing party, appealed to his compatriots to build a &quot;new model of success&quot; to ensure the future became a hope rather than a threat.
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Campaigning drew to a close Saturday for the second round of France&#39;s parliamentary election, which is expected to deliver an overwhelming majority for President Nicolas Sarkozy and his ambitious programme of reform.
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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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The conservative French President reaches across party lines in filling a key foreign-affairs post
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Voting began in the first round of  France&#39;s legislative election on Sunday with President Nicolas  Sarkozy&#39;s conservative UMP party expected to strengthen its  hold on power.
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French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy addresses party activists shortly as he begins his bid for the presidency.
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Nicolas Sarkozy has resigned as France&#39;s finance and economy minister to concentrate on his new job leading the ruling UMP party of President Jacques Chirac.
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A look at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's positions on key issues: