French Socialist rivals line up
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Two rivals emerge to challenge favourite Segolene Royal for nomination as the French Socialists' presidential candidate.
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Segolene Royal, who tops polls as the Socialist choice to run for French president next spring, formally announced her candidacy Friday.
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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
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France's Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal is shaking up her campaign team to boost her ratings.
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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 elections.
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The opposition party in France, the Socialist Party, held a vote amongst its delegates on the EuropeanUnion (EU) Constitution, which resulted in a 55 percent &quot;yes&quot; vote.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France&#39;s most ambitious and visible politicians - and an in-house rival of President Jacques Chirac - moved to the helm of the president&#39;s party yesterday, a perfect podium for him to bid for the
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The race for the French presidency will move up a gear this week with the official investiture of Segolene Royal as the Socialist Party's (PS) candidate and with Nicolas Sarkozy throwing his hat into the ring for the right-wing UMP party's nomination.
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This could have been Francois Hollande's moment of glory. As leader of France's Socialists, he could have used his powerful job as a springboard to the party's presidential nomination, just like Francois Mitterrand did in the 1980s.
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THE French Socialists' anointment of Segolene Royal as their presidential candidate is an important step on the road to the Fifth Republic's eighth presidential election, which is set for April 22, with a ...Comment
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PARIS, June 17 -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling party won a majority in parliamentary runoff elections Sunday, but Socialists -- contrary to all poll predictions -- gained more seats than they had held in the previous assembly, foreshadowing tough battles ahead for the new government's...
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France's crusader of the far right, who rallied flag-waving followers at a National Front party congress Sunday, is making his sixth long-shot bid for France's presidency.
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French centrist Francois Bayrou launched his new party's parliamentary campaign on Thursday with a major Paris rally, and renewed his attacks on President Nicolas Sarkozy's close ties to the country's media moguls.
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France's president is heading for a showdown with European finance ministers over the French economy.
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FranÃ§ois Bayrou is gaining ground in a presidential campaign dominated by a nurturing Socialist and a crime-busting conservative.
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PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling party won a majority in parliamentary runoff elections yesterday , but Socialists -- contrary to all poll predictions -- gained more seats than they had held in the previous assembly, foreshadowing tough battles ahead for the new government's proposals.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell enjoys a cartoon about French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy, and grasps the strategy of his Socialist rival, Segolene Royal.