Chirac could lose outright majority in Senate vote
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French President Jacques Chirac's ruling UMP party could lose its outright majority in the upper house of parliament, the Senate, in partial elections being held Sunday.
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Italian PM Romano Prodi loses a Senate confidence vote that threatens to bring down his government.
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The Czech Republic's rightist minority government is likely to lose a confidence vote in parliament this week, nudging the EU member closer to an interim administration followed by early elections.Comment
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There will be a shift of power on the French right this weekend which could mark the beginning of the end of the Chirac era in French politics.
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French voters gave his conservative party a majority in parliamentary elections Sunday, though it was narrower than expected.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi no longer has a working majority in the Italian Senate. Does it spell the end for him?
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President Jacques Chirac was under pressure yesterday to bring forward France's referendum on the European constitution because of fears that the debate will be "polluted" by rising hostility towards Turkey's ...
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President Nicolas Sarkozy is seeking to bolster his mandate for pervasive reforms to energize France's sluggish economy in legislative elections that opened Sunday.The vote is crucial to Sarkozy's reform program because the composition of his Cabinet and its ability to push through legislation is tied to the number of seats the mainstream right has in the 577-seat National Assembly.The balloting Sunday is the first round. In France's complex electoral calculus, only candidates who win a majority of votes Sunday land a seat immediately. In races with no majority winner, any hopeful who gets more than 12.5 percent will qualify for a decisive second round June 17. Read more
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Republicans are expected to hold on to their House majority tomorrow, but the Senate is turning into a nail-biter, with nine races in play that could upset the party&#39;s precarious hold on power.
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Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin won a seat in French Senate elections Sunday, a post that could be a useful fallback if persistent murmurs prove true that his days as government chief are numbered.
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STRASBOURG: Centre-left MEPs will reject JosÃ© Manuel Barrosoâs new commission in a crucial vote, insist Socialist leaders. Leader of the European Parliamentâs second largest political bloc, Martin Schulz
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SUPPORTERS of President Chirac will try to change the French Constitution this week to protect him from prosecution for political corruption as soon as he leaves office.
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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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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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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to confirm on Sunday he will not seek reelection, bringing the curtain down on more than 40 years of frontline politics.
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French President Jacques Chirac: on his way out figures among the top &#x2019;euro-saures&#x2019; who, in accordance with the laws of evolution, must give way to a new kind of leader.Comment
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's allies won a large majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday but fell short of the predicted landslide after talk of a sales tax hike appeared to cost them votes.