Sarkozy's poll win tempered by left's revival
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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 a row over a sales tax hike appeared to cost them votes.
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PARIS -- Voters resoundingly endorsed President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to overhaul the French economy, giving his party a commanding lead yesterday in the first round of elections for parliament.
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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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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
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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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PARIS, Jun 20 (IPS) - In his successful bid to lead the country this past  spring, French President Nicolas Sarkozy made reform of the  country's immigration system a centrepiece of his campaign,  at one point telling a news conference that France was  "exasperated by the dispute about national identity and by  uncontrolled immigration."
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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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President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to revive France's economy and its identity stand their first test on Sunday in parliamentary elections, with voters widely expected to give allies of their new conservative leader a mandate for change.
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President Nicholas Sarkozy might have just got re-married, but his love affair with the French electorate appears well and truly over.
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Right wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, despite an unexpected narrowing in his party&#39;s parliamentary majority, plans to move fast to overhaul the economy, with the deficit-ridden health care system a primary target.
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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right allies were headed for a parliamentary landslide after a first round legislative election on Sunday, bolstering his chances of implementing wide-ranging reforms.
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France on Sunday held the deciding round of parliamentary elections expected to give right wing President Nicolas Sarkozy an overwhelming mandate for his ambitious reforms.
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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 has suffered a seven-point drop in his approval ratings, mainly because of worries over the economy, according to an opinion poll published in the newspaper Le Parisien on Sunday.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy, aiming to push through his reform-driven renaissance of a morose France, looked set to win a powerful majority as the French voted in Sunday's runoff elections for parliament.
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French consumer confidence soared to a five-year high in May on optimism about jobs and incomes, official figures showed Thursday, a surge analysts attributed to the election of reformist President Nicolas Sarkozy.