Sarkozy speech signals French diplomatic shift
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Â·  President seeks role in Iraq mediationÂ·  Iran's nuclear ambitions are 'the most serious crisis'
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Claude Gueant, the chief of staff of  French President Nicolas Sarkozy, reiterated on Sunday that  France preferred any bid for domestic bank Societe Generale   to be a French one rather than a foreign one.
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Nicolas Sarkozy's election and the promise of reforms has boosted French business confidence, a study says.
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy calls for a strong Europe to rebuild a more harmonious world order.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy will seek to bolster his mandate for pervasive reforms to energize France's sluggish economy in legislative elections starting Sunday.
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France's president unveils new economic reforms in a  command performance, but skeptics say he's short on detail
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Pundits are wondering whether in reserving himself the right to say anything, Sarkozy hasn't started contradicting himself by uttering just about everything
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PARIS -- President Nicolas Sarkozy sent a strong signal to France's disaffected minorities yesterday by appointing an outspoken advocate of Muslim women and a woman of Senegalese origin to his government -- among the country's most diverse ever.
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Popular former French finance and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has taken over the leadership of his country&#39;s conservative ruling party in a move that could change the face of French politics.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called for a strong Europe and for friendship with the United States in his first major address on foreign policy since taking office.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has taken one step closer to a bid for the presidency, taking the helm of President Jacques Chirac&#39;s party.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday championed the idea of a &quot;simplified treaty&quot; for the European Union, which European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said was gaining support.
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French centre-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy sets out his foreign policy vision.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  helped create a better climate between the United States and  Europe and could help a diplomatic effort to support Iraq, U.S.  Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried told a newspaper.
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In a show of his new foreign policy objectives, the French president called a meeting Monday in an attempt to help bolster the international military presence in Darfur.
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A more pragmatic and realistic French foreign policy is gradually replacing the defiant period of confrontation with the United States, especially after the latter's invasion of Iraq.
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The new French and British leaders Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown held talks in Paris Friday, marking the start of what both countries hope will be a warmer phase in cross-channel relations.