Chirac considers early EU vote after Socialist 'yes'
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President Jacques Chirac was considering bringing forward the date of France's national referendum on the EU constitution yesterday after a resounding victory for the "yes" camp in a pivotal internal vote ...
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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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France&#39;s opposition Socialist Party voted in favor of the European Union&#39;s new constitution, party leaders said Thursday, boosting the chances of success for a national referendum and drawing jubilant praise from pro-EU forces across the continent.
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France votes in the first round of  parliamentary elections on Sunday with President Nicolas  Sarkozy&#39;s party expected to strengthen its hold on power,  clearing the way for him to push ahead with reforms.
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FLORENCE, Oct 19 (IPS) - "Participatory democracy can be the answer to  the European crisis," says SÃ©golÃ¨ne Royal, Socialist  candidate in the last general election in France.
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French President Jacques Chirac says France will hold a referendum on Turkey&#39;s entry to the European Union. Speaking to reporters Friday in Strasbourg, France, Mr.
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France's Socialists want an alliance with centrists to prevent a crushing poll victory for the ruling UMP.
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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday championed the idea of a &quot;simplified treaty&quot; for the European Union, which European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said was gaining support.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s visit  to Poland on Thursday could tip the balance in persuading its  eurosceptic conservative leaders not to veto talks on a new  European Union treaty.
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I welcome membership of Turkey in European Union and I support France President Jacques Chirac in that point , Pierre Leluch, France Representative in NATO Parliamentary Assembly, announced.
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LONDON - British newspapers rapped French President Jacques Chirac on Thursday for reopening old wounds over Iraq on the eve of an official visit to Britain, but looked ahead to improved relations between the two European powers.
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The vote by French Socialists to back the EU constitution bodes well for its ratification, even though the outcome of a referendum in 2005 is still uncertain, major British newspapers said Friday.
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French Socialists are to campaign for the EU constitution - a move that should avert a ânonâ in a national referendum set for 2005.
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Europe&#39;s new constitution got a thumbs-up from French Socialists, according to voting results announced Thursday. Some 59 percent of Socialist supporters favored the new charter
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France's Socialist Party holds an internal referendum on the European Constitution, with leaders divided on the issue.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy may travel to Brazil to try to drum up support for his nominee for IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, after emerging countries questioned Europe's monopoly of the top job.