French parliament approves GDF privatisation law
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French lawmakers approved an energy bill that paves the way for privatisation of the state-owned gas group GDF and its merger with the private French company Suez.
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Members of the French parliament back a law to allow the sell-off of Gaz de France to private-sector giant Suez.
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The French government announces the privatisation of three major energy companies in 2005.
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The French government will sell a 9.6% stake in France TÃ©lÃ©com, taking its holding below 50%, announced the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry.
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The French National Assembly early Thursday adopted a government bill tightening the rules for immigrants wanting to join their families in France and giving the nod to DNA tests to prove family ties.
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The European Commission approved a multi-billion pound bailout of the nuclear group British Energy, after securing guarantees that the company would not breach EU competition rules.
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Voting began in the first round of  France&#39;s legislative election on Sunday with President Nicolas  Sarkozy&#39;s conservative UMP party expected to strengthen its  hold on power.
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The French assembly passes a controversial bill tightening entry conditions for the relatives of migrants.
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French voters are electing a new parliament, with President Sarkozy's UMP party expected to make gains.
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The Kazakhstan Parliament took steps on Wednesday to give the government the right to alter or cancel energy contracts unilaterally.
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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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Thousands of gas and electricity workers took part in demonstrations across France against a government bill currently being debated in parliament to privatise the state-owned Gaz de France (GDF).
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The French Government is to sell part of its stake in France Telecom to help reduce the country's debt, the finance ministry says.
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France votes in the first round of  parliamentary elections on Sunday with President Nicolas  Sarkozy&#39;s party expected to strengthen its hold on power,  clearing the way for him to push ahead with reforms.
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PARIS The French government formally ceded control of France TÃ©lÃ©com on Wednesday as it began the sale of up to E5.8 billion of shares in the second-largest European phone company.
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Control of French telecommunications operator France Telecom is to be privatized, with the state cutting its stake below 50 percent to reduce national debt two years after helping the group dig itself out of a debt crisis.
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French lawmakers, mending wounds left by a national referendum that helped bury the proposed European Union constitution in 2005, voted Thursday to ratify a slimmed-down treaty meant to get the EU moving again.