Sarkozy promises truth and glory
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Hailed by 40,000 delirious supporters, France&#39;s most popular politician yesterday took triumphant control of its ruling centre-right party, promising to restore battered Gallic pride with a mix of honesty, energy and new ideas.
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Conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to bolster his parliamentary support on Sunday in an election that is crucial for his wide-ranging reform plans.
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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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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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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.
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PARIS -- France's energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, took over the leadership of the country's ruling party yesterday, giving him a vehicle and platform to launch a presidential campaign in 2007 and setting up what is likely to be two years of intense political combat with the incumbent president, Jacques Chirac. Chirac, who turns 72 today, has hinted ...
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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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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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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 President Nicolas Sarkozy looked set to gain a resounding mandate for his programme of reforms Monday, after round one of legislative elections delivered a large majority for his right-wing political party.
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French president Jacques Chirac delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris on 3 February.Comment
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview published Saturday he will support the candidacy of former socialist minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to revive France's economy and its identity stand their first test on Sunday in parliamentary elections, with voters widely expected to give allies of their new conservative leader a mandate for change.
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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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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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President Nicolas Sarkozy of France also reiterated that a nuclear-armed Iran was âunacceptableâ for France.
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France&#39;s energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, today took over the leadership of the country&#39;s ruling party, giving him a vehicle and platform to