Candidate Wants Le Pen on France Ballot
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One of France's top presidential candidates asked mayors and other elected officials on Monday to give their backing to an extreme right-wing politician to ensure he has enough endorsements to run in the spring ...Comment
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a huge parliamentary majority to help him push through tax and labor reforms when voters cast ballots for the fourth time in eight weeks in a run-off election on Sunday.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy held talks Wednesday with far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen &#151; the first time the nationalist firebrand has been invited to the presidential palace in at least 33 years.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy will seek to bolster his mandate for pervasive reforms to energize France's sluggish economy in legislative elections starting Sunday.
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Far-right leader Jean-Marie Le  Pen launched his 2007 presidential campaign on an historic  French battleground on Wednesday, urging people of all colors  and origins to rally to his anti-immigration flag.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen is to unveil his presidential platform as the far-right leader trails in the opinion polls.
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French centre-right leader Nicolas Sarkozy wants far right and far left leaders to run in the presidential race.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, France's interior minister, formally announced his bid to represent his centre-right party in presidential elections next year, in an interview.
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French-speaking politicians see a better chance of claiming the top job in the country's upcoming election, but the favorites remain Flemish
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French President Nicolas  Sarkozy called on French voters on Tuesday to back him again in  next month&#39;s parliamentary elections so he can push through the  sweeping economic reforms he has promised.
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The poll promises to be the main event in next year's political calendar in France.
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Foreign Minister Nicolas Sarkozy says he will stand for the leadership of France's main governing party.
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France is pushing to win passage of a UN resolution that seeks an arms embargo and other penalties against the Ivory Coast. France&#39;s UN ambassador, Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, hopes for a vote early this week.
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In a new book seen as a prelude to a presidential bid, France's finance minister is taking up the thorny question of how to reach out to an increasingly assertive Muslim minority and integrate it into a largely secular society.
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France's Socialist candidate Segolene Royal tries to revive her presidential bid in a televised appearance.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada urged Haitian leaders on Sunday to allow the political party of the deposed president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to take part in new elections.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen's extreme right party has put its national headquarters up for sale in hopes of alleviating its financial trouble, the French anti-immigration politician said Thursday.