French right wins parliamentary election: polls
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President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right allies won a solid majority in Sunday's parliamentary election, but failed to secure a widely-expected landslide, television poll forecasts showed.
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Voting began in the first round of France's legislative election on Sunday with President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative UMP party expected to strengthen its hold on power.
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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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Conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to bolster his parliamentary support on Sunday in an election that is crucial for his wide-ranging reform plans.
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The governing pro-Western coalition led by Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic won last weekend's parliamentary elections, Montenegro's election authorities said Tuesday.
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Germany&#39;s far-right parties have recorded their best electoral results in six years as they and the ex-communists profited from discontent over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s reforms, TV exit polls say.
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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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France's opposition Socialists (PS) claimed victory in a partial election to the upper house of parliament, the Senate, as President Jacques Chirac's UMP party lost its outright majority in the 321-member chamber.
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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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The risk of abstention looms large in Sunday's parliamentary election, with many French voters saying President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives will win regardless of their vote.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy won a  solid parliamentary majority for political and economic reforms  on Monday but voters soured the right&#39;s celebrations by not  giving a forecast landslide and rejecting a top minister.
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France&#39;s pro-European Socialists are jubilant after a party referendum on the EU constitution produced a solid majority for the treaty, boosting its chances to win approval in a national plebiscite next year.
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France goes to the polls for the second time in a just over a month on Sunday when it votes in parliamentary elections that are expected to seal President Nicolas Sarkozy's grip on power.
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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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Hailed by 40,000 delirious supporters, France&#39;s most popular politician yesterday took triumphant control of its ruling centre-right party, promising to restore battered Gallic pride with a mix of honesty, energy and new ideas.
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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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World News - Far-right parties have made gains in eastern Germany, poll projections show. The National Democratic Party and the German People&#39;s Union are set to earn assembly seats by polling 9% in Saxony and 6% in Brandenburg respectively.