Sarkozy popularity below 50 pct: poll
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's  popularity fell sharply in the past month, especially among  core conservative voters, following criticism of his economic  record and private life, a poll released on Saturday showed.
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New French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to secure a big majority in parliament next month, according to a poll for the Paris Match magazine released on Wednesday.
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Amid reports he'll wed, the French president's popularity wanes -- though clearly not with Carla Bruni
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If front-runners Nicolas Sarkozy or Segolene Royal stumble in their race for the French presidency &#151; and that's a very big "if" &#151; then a centrist rising slowly but surely in opinion polls is ready to pounce.
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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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Voting began in the first round of  France&#39;s legislative election on Sunday with President Nicolas  Sarkozy&#39;s conservative UMP party expected to strengthen its  hold on power.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday received a much-awaited economist's report on removing barriers to growth, but its call for 300 free-market reforms sparked a mini-rebellion in his party.
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An unlikely icon is at the center of President Sarkozy's latest problem with some parts of the public
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Polls show a tight three-way contest in France's presidential race. Forty percent of those polled said they still don't know whom they want as president
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Less than a month into office, Nicolas Sarkozy is being dubbed the "hyper president" for an energetic governing style that appears set to win him a huge parliamentary majority in June legislative elections.
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A profile of Nicolas Sarkozy - leader of French President Jacques Chirac's party and presidential hopeful.
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A look at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's positions on key issues:
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Nicolas Sarkozy's party says it will press ahead with reforms, despite falling short of the landslide it predicted in parliamentary elections. Did you vote?
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France goes to the polls for the second  time in a just over a month on Sunday when it votes in  parliamentary elections that are expected to seal President  Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s grip on power.
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BORDEAUX, France  - French winemakers are disappointed that President Nicolas Sarkozy is teetotal and fear his clean-living image gives the wrong impression of France.
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Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's popularity has fallen below 50 percent for the first time since he was appointed in the aftermath of a September 19 military coup, an opinion poll said on Monday.
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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