Sarkozy declares presidential bid
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France's Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy announces his intention to run for the presidency next year.
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Frank-talking Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has revealed he will seek the French presidency, pledging to recharge the country by breaking with coveted job protections and better integrating disillusioned minorities.
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New French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has visited his country's rugby squad, hoping for a World Cup win to boost national morale.
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France's political sphere changed dramatically when Nicolas Sarkozy, the ambitious finance minister, was formally named the new leader of the ruling conservative party -- widely seen as the start of his march to replace Jacques Chirac as French president in 2007.
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Campaigning drew to a close Friday for the first round of French parliamentary elections, in which right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a resounding majority for his ambitious programme of reforms.
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Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said he will run in France's presidential elections next year, according to comments posted Wednesday on the Web site of the newspaper Liberation.
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Nicolas Sarkozy becomes the first French president to hold talks with the far-right's  Jean-Marie Le Pen in decades.
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The former senator plans to officially kick off his presidential bid Thursday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday said his romance with Carla Bruni was "serious" and hinted that he was ready to marry the Italian ex-model and pop singer.
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France's political scene changed dramatically when Nicolas Sarkozy, the ambitious finance minister, was formally named the new leader of the ruling conservative party -- widely seen as the start of his march to replace Jacques Chirac as French president in 2007.
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Â· Special retirement terms for state workers targetedÂ· French president begins talks with unions today
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Segolene Royal on Sunday officially launched her campaign to become France's first woman president at a congress of her Socialist Party as her main rival on the ruling right, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, ...Comment
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PARIS, Oct 17 (IPS) - Five months after taking office as president,  Nicolas Sarkozy has run into a crisis over labour issues. Railway  workers and staff at electricity companies, among others, plan to  strike Oct. 18.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday gave the post of prime minister to fellow conservative Francois Fillon, who promised to carry out Sarkozy's sweeping program for change
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French centre-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, the frontrunner to succeed Jacques Chirac as president, has distanced himself from the Chirac era.Comment
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In so many ways, French politician and presidential aspirant Nicolas Sarkozy is a breath of fresh air in French and European politics.
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France's Socialists formally launched Segolene Royal's candidacy yesterday to compete in a fierce presidential race with high stakes for her and her party: Royal wants to be France's first female president and ...Comment