Sarkozy reform on track after French poll
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy was forced into a cabinet rethink on Monday after losing a senior minister in parliamentary polls that gave him an unexpectedly small majority, but his reforms remained on track.
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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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France voted on Sunday in a parliamentary  election that is expected to give an overwhelming majority to  conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for his program of tax  and labor reform.
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French ministers are preparing to receive individual performance reviews to find out whether they are getting the job done in the reformist government of President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Voting got under way on Saturday in some overseas French territories in the decisive round of parliamentary elections which are expected to hand President Nicolas Sarkozy a huge majority for his reform plans.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday hailed the French parliament's adoption of the European Union's new reform treaty, saying it had restored the country to its rightful place in Europe.
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Nicolas Sarkozy's party says it will press ahead with reforms, despite falling short of the landslide it predicted in parliamentary elections. Did you vote?
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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy was forced into a cabinet rethink on Monday after losing a senior minister in a parliamentary election that gave him an unexpectedly small majority, but his reforms remained on track.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to stay the course of economic reform in a keynote speech to French business leaders Thursday, promising to free up the labour market, drive down prices for consumers and root out waste in the public sector.
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French President Nicolas  Sarkozy said on Thursday he and British Prime Minister Tony  Blair had struck a deal on reforming the EU&#39;s institutions  while Germany reported progress towards a treaty.
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Voting began on Saturday in some overseas  French territories in the final round of parliamentary  elections expected to give conservative President Nicolas  Sarkozy a big majority for his reform plans.
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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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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 complete...
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New French President Nicolas Sarkozy is  set to secure a big majority in parliament next month,  according to a poll for the Paris Match magazine released on  Wednesday.
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The French parliament ratified a European Union reform treaty to overhaul the bloc's institutions on Friday, nearly three years after France rejected a planned EU constitution in a referendum.
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French overseas territories voted early on Saturday in the final round of parliamentary elections expected to give conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy a big majority for his reform plans.