France looks for road called reform
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France is approaching a crossroads on the painful and devious road to economic and social reforms.
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France votes in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday with President Nicolas Sarkozy's party expected to strengthen its hold on power, clearing the way for him to push ahead with reforms.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is due to unveil a host of new measures to regenerate poor suburbs.
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Nicolas Sarkozy has been inaugurated as president of France. Will he lead the country in the right direction?
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France and Africa must remould their relationship and change their ways, French minister Nicolas Sarkozy says.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy is Thursday to unveil Phase II of his economic reform programme for France, outlining a road map to jolt the economy into higher gear before a congress of business leaders.
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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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The French head back to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election tipped to give right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy the majority he needs to push through an ambitious reform programme.
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French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy - a presidential front-runner  - proposes a "mini-treaty" to overhaul the EU.
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Changes to the rules, course and anti-doping measures for the Tour de France are unveiled.
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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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OXFORD, England President Jacques Chirac of France, during a visit to Britain, called Friday for an overhaul of the United Nations, which he said was outdated and in need of serious reform.
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Right wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, despite an unexpected narrowing in his party&#39;s parliamentary majority, plans to move fast to overhaul the economy, with the deficit-ridden health care system a primary target.
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The Tour de France has been wounded by doping scandals and must now work to restore its image, according to race director Christian Prudhomme.
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The Tories are expected to call for renewed efforts to encourage Middle East countries to accept reform.
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Seeking to step out of President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s shadow, Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Tuesday promised to modernize France&#39;s institutions, in his first address to parliament.
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Hundreds of thousands of French workers haven taken to the streets, challenging France's conservative government over reforms it says are vital to make the country more competitive in the world economy.