Sarkozy defends Holocaust proposal amid uproar
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, facing a tide of criticism over his call for schoolchildren to "adopt" Jewish child victims of the Holocaust, hit back on Friday saying France had to raise children "with open eyes".
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A television documentary that portrays Nicolas Sarkozy as a bold negotiator during a hostage crisis 14 years ago has fuelled a debate about the French president's domination of television and print media.
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French President Jacques Chirac condemned on Sunday the arson that destroyed a Jewish social center in Paris and extended &quot;all his solidarity&quot; to the Jewish community in France, Chirac&#39;s office declared in a statement.
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French President Jacques Chirac backed  the judiciary on Friday in a row with Interior Minister Nicolas  Sarkozy, who has accused judges of being too lenient.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday condemned an attempt by a French group to spirit more than 100 children out of Chad on the grounds that they were orphans from Darfur in danger of being killed.
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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, 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 look at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's positions on key issues:
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France's feisty, unconventional junior minister for urban affairs, Fadela Amara, unveiled proposals Tuesday for addressing the country's troubled suburban housing projects, which erupted in riots in 2005. The proposals go to President Nicolas Sarkozy, who will announce a grand "Marshall Plan" for the suburbs Feb. 8.
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&quot;Concern&quot;, &quot;anger&quot;, &quot;condemnation&quot; are the words used by French leaders and the media following the arson of a Jewish Social Center Sunday morning.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s visit  to Poland on Thursday could tip the balance in persuading its  eurosceptic conservative leaders not to veto talks on a new  European Union treaty.
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Vandals have scrawled swastikas and âSSâ initials on Jewish tombs in eastern France, an anti-Semitic attack that President Jacques Chirac has called âintolerableâ.
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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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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, facing  a tide of criticism over his call for schoolchildren to "adopt"  Jewish child victims of the Holocaust, hit back on Friday  saying France had to raise children "with open eyes."
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy made their case for how to resolve the crisis in Darfur in a comment piece released on Thursday.
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PARIS The French government issued a sharp new condemnation of racism Monday as a previously unknown Islamic extremist group claimed responsibility for burning a Jewish center here.