A less than cordial entente Tensions between Chirac and Blair
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ON HER visit to France earlier this year, to mark the anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, the Queen expressed her wish for a new spirit of cordiality in relations between France and Britain.
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The French are conflicted on what to do with ex-President Jacques Chirac over the all-party 'Paris lycees affair', says Hugh Schofield.
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A continual undercurrent of discontent suggests that some legislators are not satisfied with Tony BlairÂs refusal to be pinned down on a firm departure date.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac called for &quot;a stable and democratic Iraq&quot; as well as urgent efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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The government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair puts too much emphasis on spin and stifles political debate, Lord Robin Butler says in an interview.
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The war in Iraq has not made the world a safer place, Jacques Chirac, the French President, declared last night on the eve of a visit to Britain during which he will hold talks with Tony Blair.
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Tony Blair in the Middle East faces more questions on his leadership after calling for an end to infighting in his party.
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TONY EASTLEY: While Mark Latham shores up his leadership, John Howard certainly celebrates his, never so strong in his position. But for British Prime Minister, Tony Blair who&#39;s expected to face an election by mid next year, there&#39;s trouble afoot.
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ON FOREIGN and economic policy France and Britain may be chalk and cheese, but there are fascinating parallels between political conditions on the two sides of the Channel.
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DIFFERENT TAKES: Blair said Europe should stop ridiculing the US and instead work to shape its foreign policy. But Chirac countered that Europe would get little in return.
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Tony Blair's keynote speech at the British Labour Party conference receives mixed reviews in Wednesday's European papers.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has admitted it can be hard to be the strongest ally of US President George W. Bush, with whom he went to war in Iraq, as well as being a player in Europe.
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France and Britain are locked in a long but stormy love affair, French President Jacques Chirac said just days before his cross-Channel trip to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the nations' Entente Cordiale.
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PRESIDENT CHIRAC of France will hold talks with Tony Blair today after declaring last night that the Iraq war had made the world more dangerous.
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Every two decades, it seems, the Middle East embroils Jacques Chirac in a particularly agonizing way. In the mid-1980s, he was prime minister as France wrestled with the kidnapping in Lebanon of several French
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LONDON, England -- French President Jacques Chirac is in London for a state visit after reigniting a bitter row over the US-led invasion of Iraq, saying the US and Britain had made the world a more dangerous place.
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Jacques Chirac has scorned Britain&#39;s special relationship with America, saying Tony Blair had little to show for his support for the US in Iraq.