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2012/05/27 07:27

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French back Hollande's first days in power: poll

... on June 10 and 17, when they look set to take seats from the a conservative UMP party split by infighting. However, Hollande faces major challenges on the international stage...

2012/05/27 07:27

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French Socialist Party Abuja Socialist Party Christine Largarde François Hollande

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2012/05/21 05:08

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Le Pen to lose to leftist in French assembly vote

France for decades, does not have a single parliament seat, partly because Sarkozy's conservative UMP party systematically refuses to make arrangements with the Front. The only sure way for the...

2012/05/17 19:08

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New French government hands itself 30% pay cut

... from 14,200 euros to 9,940 euros per month. The head of the main opposition centre-right UMP party, Jean-Francois Cope, denounced the salary cut as a "sham", noting that the new government...

2012/05/17 11:25

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Michel Barnier and the future of the French right

... contentious vote. “I think you have to put to one side the electoral campaign,” he said, citing UMP party luminaries like Alain Jupeé and Fraçois Fillon who have strong pro-European...

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2012/05/15 05:19

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France's Hollande: Sarkozy underplayed budget woes

... of his government. The National Assembly is currently dominated by Sarkozy's conservative UMP party, but most polls suggest that the Socialists and their allies will win a majority. Marine...

Read more at Centre Daily Times

Francois Hollande Nicolas Sarkozy European Union Tulle European Commission

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2012/05/11 18:14

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Hollande: Sarkozy underplayed budget woes

... of his government. The National Assembly is currently dominated by Sarkozy's conservative UMP party, but most polls suggest that the Socialists and their allies will win a majority. Marine...

2012/05/10 14:51

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Sarkozy government resigns ahead of Hollande hand...

... and a showy and abrasive personal style. Sarkozy's defeat leaves his conservative UMP party on a back foot ahead of parliamentary elections on June 10 and 17 with the far-right...

Read more at Reuters UK Edition, Swissinfo

2012/05/10 14:30

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Sarkozy may face legal queries after immunity exp...

Sarkozy's victory. De Maistre will likely also be asked about ties to the treasurer of Sarkozy's UMP party at the time, former Labour Minister Eric Woerth, who, like de Maistre, is formally under...

2012/05/10 08:08

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The abnormal president

... achieved in 2002, despite the economic crisis. Second, the various factions in Mr Sarkozy’s UMP party should be able to read the signs: what last Sunday’s poll showed was that veering to the...

Read more at Times of Malta

Nicolas Sarkozy François Hollande Jacques Chirac François Bayrou Socialist Party

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2012/05/10 01:53

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Nicolas Sarkozy meets cabinet for last time

Socialist Party in the Parliamentary elections next month. From now on, this man will head the UMP party or the Union for a Popular Movement. When French go to polls again, Jean-Francois Cope...

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2012/05/09 09:42

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François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy in a show o...

... and chanting "Nicolas! Nicolas!" Jean-Francois Copé, head of Sarkozy's ruling right-wing UMP party had sent a text message to party members asking them to turn out in big numbers to give...

2012/05/08 02:44

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Sarkozy 'serene' after French vote loss

PARIS: Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy told members of his UMP party on Monday that he was serene and at peace following his loss to Socialist Francois Hollande, a source at the meeting told...

2012/05/07 07:30

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Flashy, fiery Sarkozy fades from French scene

... traditional role is about statecraft. But backed by a strong majority of his conservative UMP party in the National Assembly, and by force of personality, Sarkozy commandeered the reins of...

2012/05/06 23:12

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Sarkozy indicates stepping back from politics

... era" was beginning but that he would continue to share the ideals of his conservative UMP party: "You can count on me to defend these ideas and convictions. But my role can no longer be...