French voters say &#39;yes, but&#39; to reforms with election: press
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French voters sent President Nicolas Sarkozy a warning over pushing too far and fast with his reform programme by denying him a widely predicted landslide in legislative elections, French newspapers said Monday.
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President Jacques Chirac was considering bringing forward the date of France&#39;s national referendum on the EU constitution yesterday after a resounding victory for the &quot;yes&quot; camp
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President Nicolas Sarkozy, aiming to push through his reform-driven renaissance of a morose France, looked set to win a powerful majority as the French voted in Sunday's runoff elections for parliament.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a huge parliamentary majority to help him push through tax and labor reforms when voters cast ballots for the fourth time in eight weeks in a run-off election on Sunday.
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French newspapers mustered polite praise for Jacques Chirac on Monday, one day after France's veteran leader announced he would not seek another term as president, while at home and abroad there was also candid criticism of his record in office.
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Conservatives are expected to win a commanding majority in legislative elections, giving the new president a free hand to transform France
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The French head back to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election tipped to give right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy the majority he needs to push through an ambitious reform programme.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s right wing party was headed for a landslide victory that would hand him a sweeping mandate to reform France, after the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday.
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Voting got under way on Saturday in some  overseas French territories in the decisive round of  parliamentary elections which are expected to hand President  Nicolas Sarkozy a huge majority for his reform plans.
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Conservatives are expected to win a commanding majority in legislative elections, giving the new President a free hand to transform France
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France has been ardently pro-EU - but enlargement has raised new fears, and voters might still reject the constitution.
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PARIS -- Voters resoundingly endorsed President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to overhaul the French economy, giving his party a commanding lead yesterday in the first round of elections for parliament.
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French consumer confidence soared to a five-year high in May on optimism about jobs and incomes, official figures showed Thursday, a surge analysts attributed to the election of reformist President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Nicolas Sarkozy's election and the promise of reforms has boosted French business confidence, a study says.
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Some 51,000 deputies and local and regional councillors were on Sunday voting to renew a third of the seats in France's upper house of parliament, in an election that could potentially cost French President ...
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Voting began in the first round of France's legislative election on Sunday with President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative UMP party expected to strengthen its hold on power.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s right wing party won a clear majority to carry through his reform programme in France&#39;s legislative election Sunday but failed to get a widely predicted landslide.