France's Sarkozy threatens veto in trade talks
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SAINT-PIERRE-LE-VIGER, France  - President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday that France would veto any World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement that did not satisfy its requirements on farming.
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SAINT-DENIS, France  - French President Nicolas Sarkozy told railway workers on Friday he would not be blackmailed into withdrawing a reform of their pensions privileges by strikes and street protests.
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Creating a defence and aerospace &quot;industrial champion&quot; centered on France may be impossible for Nicolas Sarkozy to engineer during his last days as finance minister, as political considerations cloud the prospects for a merger of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company and Thales, analysts said.
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President Nicolas  Sarkozy said on Tuesday that France would veto any World Trade  Organisation (WTO) agreement that did not satisfy its  requirements on agriculture.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called left-wing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to back his offer to try to help secure the release of hostages held by rebels in Colombia, including a French-Colombian politician.
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Poland on Friday held out the possibility it could drop its threat to veto talks on a new European Union treaty next week, saying compromise was closer after lobbying by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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The European Union cannot accept an agreement to resolve WTO free-trade talks on &quot;any terms,&quot; EU trade chief Peter Mandelson said Tuesday after France promised to veto any deal threatening French agriculture.
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The newly elected French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is to attempt to hammer out a joint Anglo-French position on how to replace the rejected EU constitution when he holds unprecedented joint talks with Gordon Brown and Tony Blair next Tuesday in London.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy may back a candidacy of former Socialist minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund, sources close to the presidency said on Friday.
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France appeared on a collision course with the European Union on Thursday after Brussels warned Paris not to interfere with any foreign bids for Societe Generale in the wake of its rogue trading losses.
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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.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday was facing a decision whether to bar a strain of genetically-modified corn after a watchdog authority said it had "serious doubts" about the product.
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France does not plan to stop the European  Union from opening new policy &quot;chapters&quot; in Turkey&#39;s accession  talks next month despite President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s opposition  to Turkish membership, an official said on Tuesday.
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The European Union head office threatened Tuesday to take France to court and demand the return of subsidies to troubled energy and train giant Alstom SA, alleging that the government has not complied with EU conditions for the company's bailout.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is at odds with his foreign minister over whether the country's international television news channel should ditch English and Arabic, and broadcast only in French.
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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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NEW YORK/LONDON  - France's Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Thursday that the U.S. home loan crisis was a threat to world growth, while a Bank of Japan policy-maker said the recent market turmoil has been overdone.