Sarkozy heading for EU showdown
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France's president is heading for a showdown with European finance ministers over its budget deficit.
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France is ready to rejoin NATO&#39;s  military command structure provided European defense  integration moves forward and the U.S.-led alliance reserves  top positions for the French, President Nicolas Sarkozy was  quoted on Monday as saying.
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A plan by French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy for a mini EU treaty was a welcome addition to the debate on the bloc's future, British European Affairs Minister Geoff Hoon said.
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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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GORDON Brown will today challenge France and Germany to end the market-rigging which prevents British businesses from winning lucrative European Union contracts.
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BRITAIN will infuriate its partners this year as it fights to keep its rebate on the EU budget, but the biggest trouble may come from France.
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France&#39;s new President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed in a message here Saturday to strengthen dialogue between the European Union and oil-rich Gulf Arab states to make the best use of energy resources.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy is to outline a more assertive role for France on the world stage when he delivers on Monday his first major address on foreign policy since taking office.
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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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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has told President Jacques Chirac that he will stand for the leadership of the main governing party, officials say.
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Britain should look to Europe rather than the US for its economic destiny, the French Finance Minister said yesterday as Gordon Brown launched a scathing attack on the euro system.
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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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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy urged Britain to play an integral role in the European Union's push for economic reform.
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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy looked set to win a sweeping mandate for his ambitious programme of reforms Sunday, as French voters went back to the polls to elect a new National Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy appears to have won a mandate for change after his party swept first-round parliamentary elections, and he is picking up speed in his plans to overhaul France's welfare state. But rivals say he should watch out.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged  European Union nations on Monday to accept a greater share of  defense spending to cope with escalating global threats.