French candidate's silence criticized
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JERUSALEM -- Seeing a chance to add diplomatic credentials to her bid for France's presidency, S&#xE9;gol&#xE8;ne Royal jumped into the intricacies of the Middle East crisis with gusto -- only to get tripped up in Lebanon.
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MOSCOW - France's foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, yesterday tried to tone down remarks he made in a radio and television interview the day before that the world had to prepare for possible war against Iran.
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Former French president Jacques Chirac has refused to testify over a political dirty tricks scandal, but could face questioning over a party financing affair before he took office.
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Nicolas Sarkozy is the right wing's only hope for retaining power in next year's French presidential election. The problem is, the incumbent simply doesn't like him
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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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The presidential candidate bristles when he is accused of shifting his views since his 2002 campaign for governor of Massachusetts.
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The election of Nicolas Sarkozy as UMP leader has weakened Jacques Chirac's political power base, say the BBC's Caroline Wyatt.
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Many see the TV show as a sly commentary on the current French political scene.
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Seeking to play down tensions, candidates, and former president, tone down comments.
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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
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Franceâs foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, sought to tone down remarks he made the day before that the world had to prepare for possible war against Iran.
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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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President Nicolas Sarkozyâs romance with a singer has fueled criticism that he is ignoring the country.
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Clearly the American election is on the mind of the president of France. When President Jacques Chirac stood before his ambassadorial corps on Friday, there was no hint that the relationship between France and ...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is at  odds with his foreign minister over whether the country's  international television news channel should ditch English and  Arabic, and broadcast only in French.
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Nicolas Sarkozy and his new flame Carla Bruni have transfixed the world's gossip press for weeks, but the jet-setting romance seems to have backfired among French voters worried their president is taking his eye off the job.
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Everyone, it seems, is turning against Nicolas Sarkozy. The candidate for the Elysee has seen his popularity plummet along his colleagues - both on the right and the left.