French Socialists back EU charter
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Europe&#39;s new constitution got a thumbs-up from French Socialists, according to voting results announced Thursday. Some 59 percent of Socialist supporters favored the new charter
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NEW YORK - Both Germany and France in their speeches before the 59th General Assembly session on Thursday supported Japan&#39;s ongoing effort to secure a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
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France urged the international community on Friday to back a new national unity government formed by rival Palestinian factions and other EU countries were cautiously positive on the accord.
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PARIS -- Voters resoundingly endorsed President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to overhaul the French economy, giving his party a commanding lead yesterday in the first round of elections for parliament.
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I welcome membership of Turkey in European Union and I support France President Jacques Chirac in that point , Pierre Leluch, France Representative in NATO Parliamentary Assembly, announced.
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Presidential hopeful Segolene Royal launches a manifesto imbued with Socialist values.
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PARIS A resounding vote in favor of the European Union constitution by France&#39;s opposition Socialist Party was welcomed Thursday across a Continent that faces a string of national referendums on the treaty next year.
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Germany and France both support inviting to European Union membership talks at a summit in December in Brussels, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said.
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French MPs back a controversial plan to relax the country's 35-hour working week.
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France&#39;s opposition Socialist Party voted in favor of the European Union&#39;s new constitution, party leaders said Thursday, boosting the chances of success for a national referendum and drawing jubilant praise from pro-EU forces across the continent.
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France's right-wing presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday vowed a major push to wrench the European Union out of crisis if elected, calling for a relationship of equals between a strong Europe and the United States.
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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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PARIS, Dec. 2. - The âYesâ camp won nearly 59 per cent of the vote in an internal referendum by the French Socialist Party on the European Constitution, party leader Mr Francois Hollande announced today.
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French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin endorsed the presidential bid of fellow conservative but longtime rival Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday, a day after Jacques Chirac announced he would not seek a third term.
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French critics and defenders of a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools united in support of the law on Monday, pledging to stand firm against militants holding two French
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French critics and defenders of a ban on  Muslim headscarves in schools united in support of the law on  Monday, pledging to stand firm against militants holding two  French journalists hostage in Iraq who want the law revoked.
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In a vote which could have profound knock-on effects in both France and Europe, members of France's opposition Socialist party (PS) were being ballotted on whether to back the EU's proposed new constitution.