Sarkozy calls for strong Europe, friendship with US
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called for a strong Europe and for friendship with the United States in his first major address on foreign policy since taking office.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy continued his Washington charm offensive yesterday, telling Congress he stands with the United States in fighting terrorists and backing President Bush's strategy to confront Iran even as he found time to consult with the leading Democratic presidential contender.
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As European leaders came together on Friday for the first time since the American elections, Britain&#39;s prime minister, Tony Blair, urged them to adjust to the &quot;reality
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France is ready to rejoin NATO&#39;s  military command structure provided European defense  integration moves forward and the U.S.-led alliance reserves  top positions for the French, President Nicolas Sarkozy was  quoted on Monday as saying.
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French President Nicolas  Sarkozy called on French voters on Tuesday to back him again in  next month&#39;s parliamentary elections so he can push through the  sweeping economic reforms he has promised.
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WASHINGTON -- US President George W. Bush wants to strengthen ties with Europe and believes if they work together, there&#39;s a &quot;great chance&quot; of creating a Palestinian state and peace in the Middle East within four years.
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The United States and France called on  Wednesday for a closer friendship after years of strained  relations over Iraq as they marked the 63rd anniversary of the  D-Day invasion that broke the Nazi hold on Europe.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged  European Union nations on Monday to accept a greater share of  defense spending to cope with escalating global threats.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy urged Britain to play an integral role in the European Union's push for economic reform.
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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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Chancellor Gordon Brown must leave his &quot;outmoded&quot; view of the European Union behind when he becomes Prime Minister, France&#39;s newly-elected President Nicolas Sarkozy has said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday.
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European leaders urged President Bush to work closely with America&#39;s allies on issues like terrorism and the environment in his second term, while critics of the president worried re-election would embolden him to pursue conservative policies
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Europe needs to become a power on the international stage, able to stand alongside the United States in shaping a fairer world order, President Jacques Chirac of France said last night.
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President Jacques Chirac of France crossed the English Channel today to say that his country was ready to cooperate with the United States and Britain to make the world more stable, just and prosperous.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy travels to Tripoli to boost EU-Libya ties, after the release of six foreign medics.
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PARIS -- France's president, Jacques Chirac, finally phoned George W. Bush yesterday to congratulate him a week after his reelection as US president, and Chirac's foreign minister, Michel Barnier, called for better trans-Atlantic ties.
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Four months after Nicolas Sarkozy became France&#39;s new president, a cool wind is blowing between Paris and Berlin as tensions appear in his pivotal relationship with Chancellor Angela Merkel.