France&#39;s Royal under fire over leadership bid
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Defeated French Socialist presidential  candidate Segolene Royal came under fire over her bid to lead  the leftist party on Monday, with one rival accusing her of  seeking to establish a monarchy.
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A fresh row is threatening to mar the first day in office of the new European Commission on Monday. France&#39;s commissioner Jacques Barrot is under fire for failing to disclose a previous conviction for embezzlement.
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JACQUES Chirac and French political and religious leaders voiced outrage yesterday over an arson attack that burned down a Jewish social centre in central Paris.
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French Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal came under criticism for rolling out a 100-point programme that failed to spell out how it would be paid for.
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PARIS -- In the heat of the presidential campaign early this year, Jack Lang, a popular icon of the French left, accused Nicolas Sarkozy of "trickery at the highest level," "antirepublican behavior," and -- perhaps most cutting of all -- being a "Bush adapted for France."
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France's Socialist candidate Segolene Royal tries to revive her presidential bid in a televised appearance.
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Plans to end the automatic right of royal male heirs to succeed to the throne are debated by peers.
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President Sarkozy's high-profile romance with ex-model Carla Bruni appears to hurt his ratings.
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French socialist Segolene Royal brushes over criticism during her first overseas trip as presidential candidate.
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Bixente Lizarazu has hit out at Marseille&#39;s fans after they called for Christophe Bouchet to step down as chairman in a protest.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken legal action against the Web site of the magazine Le Nouvel Observateur over an article describing what it said was a text message he had sent to his ex-wife Cecilia, his lawyer said on Thursday.
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She brought excitement to French politics with her bid to become the nation's first woman president, but Segolene Royal now appears on the verge of seeing her campaign implode.
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Can S&#201;gol&#200;ne Royal's feminine campaigning style get her elected to France's top job?
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Â· Ex-president questioned as immunity comes to endÂ· Party officials said to have been on Paris city payroll
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Critics on Saturday blasted a proposal by conservative French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy to create an immigration ministry, comparing it an institution set up during the Nazi puppet regime of World War II.
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Premier Tony Blair and his successor Gordon Brown had a furious row after a reference to &quot;undistorted competition&quot; in an EU document was removed at France&#39;s request, media reported Saturday.
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Former French PM Dominique de Villepin criticises the style of his one-time rival, President Nicolas Sarkozy.