Chirac rival takes over the French ruling party
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has taken one step closer to a bid for the presidency, taking the helm of President Jacques Chirac&#39;s party.
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PARIS -- By tomorrow, President Nicolas Sarkozy will probably be one of Europe's most powerful leaders. With the government, Parliament, and top state bodies under his conservative camp's control, he should face little political resistance as he seeks to reshape France.
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French socialist and popular favourite Segolene Royal Friday officially entered the race to be the country's next president, announcing that she is a candidate for her party's nomination.Comment
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PARIS -- France's energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, took over the leadership of the country's ruling party yesterday, giving him a vehicle and platform to launch a presidential campaign in 2007 and setting up what is likely to be two years of intense political combat with the incumbent president, Jacques Chirac. Chirac, who turns 72 today, has hinted ...
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PARIS, Nov 29  - Nicolas Sarkozy, an ambitious politician aiming to replace Jacques Chirac as French president, resigned as finance minister Monday to concentrate on his new job leading Chirac&#39;s conservative ruling party.
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The French president wants an agreement to streamline the dual French-German management at Airbusâs parent company, EADS.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, the new leader of France&#39;s ruling conservative party, has carved out a stellar political career that he unabashedly sees as one day -- and sooner rather than later -- making him French president.
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Hailed by 40,000 delirious supporters, France&#39;s most popular politician yesterday took triumphant control of its ruling centre-right party, promising to restore battered Gallic pride with a mix of honesty, energy and new ideas.
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French President Jacques Chirac named loyal ally Herve Gaymard as finance minister on Monday, tightening his grip over the economy after the departure of the ambitious and outspoken Nicolas Sarkozy.
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French-American relations are set to shift as France chooses a successor to President Jacques Chirac, who has defined himself on the world stage as an opponent of American dominance.
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French President Jacques Chirac has congratulated Nicolas Sarkozy on his nomination as president of his ruling party, Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
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Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France&#39;s most ambitious and visible politicians - and an in-house rival of President Jacques Chirac - moved to the helm of the president&#39;s party yesterday, a perfect podium for him to bid for the
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Segolene Royal, the frontrunner in polls to become the next president of France, kicked the campaign against her main rival, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, into high gear.
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Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as president of France, announced his retirement from politics yesterday.Comment
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France's President Sarkozy reshuffles his cabinet, naming a new number two to replace Alain Juppe.
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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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The dominance of Damascus in Lebanese politics gives rise to a new opposition leader.