Sarkozy headed for big win in French poll
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Right-wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy was set to score a crushing victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday, despite a row over his plans for tax hikes that appeared to have rallied the left.
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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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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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France votes in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday with President Nicolas Sarkozy's party expected to strengthen its hold on power, clearing the way for him to push ahead with reforms.
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French overseas territories voted early on Saturday in the final round of parliamentary elections expected to give conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy a big majority for his reform plans.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy will seek to bolster his mandate for pervasive reforms to energize France's sluggish economy in legislative elections starting Sunday.
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French conservatives looked set to sweep parliamentary elections on Sunday and hand President Nicolas Sarkozy the strong mandate he had sought for the wide-ranging reforms he says are needed to revive the economy.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy looked set to gain a resounding mandate for his programme of reforms Monday, after round one of legislative elections delivered a large majority for his right-wing political party.
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Conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to bolster his parliamentary support on Sunday as voters cast their ballots in a legislative election that is crucial for his wide-ranging reform plans.
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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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The first round of voting in France's legislative elections has put the new president's party firmly on the road to controlling Parliament.
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France's political sphere changed dramatically when Nicolas Sarkozy, the ambitious finance minister, was formally named the new leader of the ruling conservative party -- widely seen as the start of his march to replace Jacques Chirac as French president in 2007.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy took over the ruling conservative party Sunday at a glitzy American-style congress that put him on course to launch a presidential bid and possibly challenge Jacques Chirac.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy won a solid parliamentary majority for political and economic reforms on Monday but voters soured the right's celebrations by not giving a forecast landslide and rejecting a top minister.
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France voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to give an overwhelming majority to conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for his program of tax and labor reform.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right allies won a solid majority in Sunday's parliamentary election, but failed to secure a widely-expected landslide, television poll forecasts showed.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is due to be made head of President Chirac's governing party.