Sarkozy gears up for labor rehaul
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President Nicolas Sarkozy has sprinkled the parched French economy with dozens of little enticements since his election in May, all paving the way for an assault on the crux of France's woes: the labor laws.
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French President Nicolas  Sarkozy called on French voters on Tuesday to back him again in  next month&#39;s parliamentary elections so he can push through the  sweeping economic reforms he has promised.
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A 24-hour strike that could be extended began at 8 p.m. to protest plans by President Nicolas Sarkozy to overhaul early retirement plans for a limited group of public-sector workers.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy looked set to win a sweeping mandate for his ambitious programme of reforms Sunday, as French voters went back to the polls to elect a new National Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament.
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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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President Nicolas Sarkozy is to outline a more assertive role for France on the world stage when he delivers on Monday his first major address on foreign policy since taking office.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, with a strong, if reduced, parliamentary majority in hand, plans to waste no time in rolling out his ambitious and contested programme of economic reforms.
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Outgoing French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is due to be made head of President Jacques Chirac's governing UMP party on Sunday.
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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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France's Prime Minister outlines plans to extend the controversial 35-hour working week.
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Nicolas Sarkozy awaits the public sector disruption that could shape his future reforms  and presidency
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French workers are urged to protest in numbers against the government's plans to reform the 35-hour week.
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French voters went back to the polls Sunday for parliamentary elections expected to give conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy an overwhelming mandate for ambitious reforms aimed at modernizing France.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy appears to have won a mandate for change after his party swept first-round parliamentary elections, and he is picking up speed in his plans to overhaul France's welfare state. But rivals say he should watch out.
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The French head back to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election tipped to give right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy the majority he needs to push through an ambitious reform programme.
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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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PARIS, Sep 3 (IPS) - On a rainy day in an eastern Paris suburb, members  of the ConfÃ©dÃ©ration gÃ©nÃ©rale du travail (CGT), one of  France's two largest labour unions, told the assembled press  corps at their union hall that the government of President  Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to "disarm" French workers with a  new law aimed at curbing transportation strikes.