Sarkozy's actions divide Socialists
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PARIS -- In the heat of the presidential campaign early this year, Jack Lang, a popular icon of the French left, accused Nicolas Sarkozy of "trickery at the highest level," "antirepublican behavior," and -- perhaps most cutting of all -- being a "Bush adapted for France."
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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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It's not easy being the leader of Europe's socialist "utopia," France. It takes a penchant for other people's money, a distinct anti-American attitude, and the ability to sleep on the run.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, French finance minister, found himself outnumbered as he proposed new rules to omit research and development spending from deficit calculations.
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PARIS, June 10 -- French voters reinforced President Nicolas Sarkozy's mandate for major reform of the nation's moribund economy and government, giving his ruling party and its allies an estimated 46 percent of the vote in Sunday's first round of parliamentary elections, according to nearly compl...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's  popularity fell sharply in the past month, especially among  core conservative voters, following criticism of his economic  record and private life, a poll released on Saturday showed.
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French commentators gave a mixed response on Monday to Segolene Royal's 100 proposals for her presidential bid, saying the plans targeted both Socialist and more conservative voters, but lacked detail on financing.
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Everyone, it seems, is turning against Nicolas Sarkozy. The candidate for the Elysee has seen his popularity plummet along his colleagues - both on the right and the left.
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French presidential frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy distances himself from President Chirac's legacy.
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Opponents jumped on right-wing French presidential candidate and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy after police made a special effort to find the thieves of his son's scooter.
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French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy was accused by his rivals of xenophobia and flirting with far-right voters on Friday after proposing to create a ministry for immigration and national identity.
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France's President Sarkozy calls for taxes to hit polluters and for French use of pesticides to be halved.
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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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A plan by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to commemorate a young communist resistance hero shot by France's wartime Nazi occupiers has stirred controversy and sparked accusations of manipulation by the government.
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In a vote which could have profound knock-on effects in both France and Europe, members of France's opposition Socialist party (PS) were being ballotted on whether to back the EU's proposed new constitution.
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This could have been Francois Hollande's moment of glory. As leader of France's Socialists, he could have used his powerful job as a springboard to the party's presidential nomination, just like Francois ...
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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.