Sarkozy sees key role for Europe
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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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French President Jacques Chirac called on the European Union Friday to help create &quot;industrial champions&quot; within the 25-nation bloc that would be competitive on the global economic stage.
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French President Sarkozy moves to prevent friction over Turkey's EU membership bid.
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French President Sarkozy discusses Mediterranean unity and energy ties on a North African visit.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is touting British Prime Minister Tony Blair for a job as the first full-time European Union president, the Financial Times newspaper said Saturday.
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The new European Commissionpresident, Jos Manuel Barroso,has stressed the role of IT in making the 25-nation European Union more economically competitive.
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Europe needs to become a power on the international stage, able to stand alongside the United States in shaping a fairer world order, President Jacques Chirac of France said last night.
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France will meet its European budget commitments in 2005, bringing its deficit under the 3 percent EU limit for the first time in four years, Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday, touting the extent of the slash as unprecedented.
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New French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Friday to build on economic momentum in France and push ahead with reforms after unemployment in the country fell to a 25-year low in May.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy will pay a brief visit to Algeria and Tunisia on Tuesday, his first trip outside Europe since taking office two months ago.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy late Tuesday said the EU backing for former French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn to lead the International Monetary Fund was &quot;good news for France, good news for Europe.&quot;
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be in the hotseat next week in Brussels where his plans to slow French momentum toward a balanced budget have unsettled some European partners.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged on Friday to press ahead with plans to overhaul ties with NATO and launch a Mediterranean Union in 2008, shrugging off criticism of his foreign policy since he took office.
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Come Monday, President Nicolas Sarkozy will likely be one of Europe's most powerful leaders. With the government, parliament and top state bodies under his conservative camp's control, he should face little political resistance as he seeks to reshape France.
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Mr. Sarkozy proved to be the crucial figure during a European Union meeting, helping to break down the resistance of Polandâs identical-twin leaders to a deal.
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PARIS -- By tomorrow, President Nicolas Sarkozy will probably be one of Europe's most powerful leaders. With the government, Parliament, and top state bodies under his conservative camp's control, he should face little political resistance as he seeks to reshape France.
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French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy - a presidential front-runner  - proposes a "mini-treaty" to overhaul the EU.