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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A look at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's positions on key issues:
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PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling party won a majority in parliamentary runoff elections yesterday , but Socialists -- contrary to all poll predictions -- gained more seats than they had held in the previous assembly, foreshadowing tough battles ahead for the new government's proposals.
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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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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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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he and British Prime Minister Tony Blair had agreed on how to reform the EU's institutions while Germany reported progress towards a treaty.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party vows to press ahead with reforms despite losing seats in parliament.
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Campaigning drew to a close Friday for the first round of French parliamentary elections, in which right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a resounding majority for his ambitious programme of reforms.
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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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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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President Nicolas Sarkozy, aiming to push through his vision for a morose France, looked set to win a powerful majority as the French voted in Sunday's runoff elections for parliament. The only question was the size of the victory &#151; large or massive.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right allies were headed for a parliamentary landslide after a first round legislative election on Sunday, bolstering his chances of implementing wide-ranging reforms.
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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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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy won a solid majority for political and economic reforms in parliamentary polls on Monday, but the defeat of a top minister in a late Socialist surge soured the right's celebrations.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, his new government in place and five years in power ahead of him, vowed Wednesday to carry out swiftly the &quot;daring&quot; reform programme that helped get him elected last month.