Scandal threatens French cabinet
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Evidence has emerged suggesting France's interior minister was aware of an alleged plot to smear Nicolas Sarkozy.
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French transport commissioner Jacques Barrot is under pressure to explain to MEPs why he did not mention his involvement in a French political party funding scandal.
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France's center-right cabinet discussed plans to reform ailing universities on Wednesday and to curb some strike rights, a move that could put President Nicolas Sarkozy on collision course with trade unions.
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Loss of presidential immunity reignites claims of jobs for party members during Paris mayoralty.
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Paris -- A high-stakes scheme to free two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq threatens to embroil President Jacques Chirac in a political scandal over whether his government assisted private intermediaries in negotiating with terrorists for the hostages
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The French PM is to meet police in Corsica after a suspicious fire damaged the island's parliament.
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An unlikely icon is at the center of President Sarkozy's latest problem with some parts of the public
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French ex-PM Dominique de Villepin faces judges again in an inquiry that pits him against President Sarkozy.
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PARIS, Dec 14 (IPS) - A suspended prison sentence handed out to former  French prime minister Alain Juppe is one of several corruption  cases plaguing French politics and business.
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The French government is calling for tighter risk-control measures and a broad review of bank rules in response to losses from the trading scandal at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale.
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France's finance ministry calls for tighter banking controls after the Societe Generale trading scandal.
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French President Jacques Chirac is  expected to confirm on Sunday he will not seek reelection,  bringing the curtain down on more than 40 years of frontline  politics.
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France's new and powerful Ministry of Immigration and National Identity is a danger to democracy and its powers should be curtailed, said a petition published Friday by 188 historians, artists and academics.
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Dominic de Villepin says he will be formally investigated over an alleged smear campaign against President Sarkozy.
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French motorists may be  driving more recklessly than usual because they are counting on  the traditional pardon by the incoming president after the  election in May, the transport minister said.
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French papers consider former Primer Minister Laurent Fabius's threat to reject the European constitution.
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Jean-Louis Gergorin, a former EADS executive and ally of the French prime minister, has been placed under judicial investigation over defamation charges, sources close to the case said, amid a growing political scandal.