French conservatives win election
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President Nicolas Sarkozy's party won a clear parliamentary majority Sunday in elections seen as crucial to his vision for opening up France's economy, although the opposition thwarted a landslide victory by capitalizing on voter fears of giving Sarkozy too much power.
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France's Right-wing establishment has rallied behind the former interior minister Charles Pasqua, who has come under furious attack after securing immunity from a series of criminal investigations by winning a ...
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Conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to bolster his parliamentary support on Sunday as voters cast their ballots in a legislative election that is crucial for his wide-ranging reform plans.
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MADRID : The Spanish and French governments hailed a &quot;historic&quot; victory against armed Basque separatist group ETA following the weekend arrest in France of ETA&#39;s political leader and 16 associates.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s right wing party was headed for a landslide victory that would hand him a sweeping mandate to reform France, after the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday.
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The liberal coalition government led by Romanian prime minister-designate Calin Popescu Tariceanu won a vote of confidence on Tuesday night from both houses of Parliament.
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France voted on Sunday in a parliamentary  election that is expected to give an overwhelming majority to  conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for his program of tax  and labor reform.
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French conservatives looked set to sweep parliamentary elections on Sunday and hand President Nicolas Sarkozy the strong mandate he had sought for the wide-ranging reforms he says are needed to revive the economy.
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Prime Minister John Howard's conservative alliance handily won a fourth term in Australia's parliamentary elections Saturday, overcoming widespread anger at his decision to send troops to Iraq last year and his pledge to keep them there.
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PARIS, June 10 -- French voters reinforced President Nicolas Sarkozy's mandate for major reform of the nation's moribund economy and government, giving his ruling party and its allies an estimated 46 percent of the vote in Sunday's first round of parliamentary elections, according to nearly complete...
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France's main party of the Right, controlled for 28 years by President Jacques Chirac, passed into the hands of a new generation yesterday at a ceremony that bore more than a passing resemblance to a glitzy ...
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French voters went back to the polls Sunday for parliamentary elections expected to give conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy an overwhelming mandate for ambitious reforms aimed at modernizing France.
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French overseas territories voted early on Saturday in the final round of parliamentary elections expected to give conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy a big majority for his reform plans.
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Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s conservative alliance handily won a fourth term in Australia&#39;s parliamentary elections Saturday, overcoming widespread anger at his decision to send troops to Iraq last year and his pledge to keep them there.
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President Nicolas Sarkozyâs center-right camp was on course to win a landslide victory after the first round of Franceâs legislative elections.
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French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin endorsed the presidential bid of fellow conservative but longtime rival Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday, a day after Jacques Chirac announced he would not seek a third term.
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French conservative presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy praised Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday, saying France had much to learn from the actions of his Labour government.