French Socialists struggle to halt Sarkozy&#39;s election sweep
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President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s political opponents struggled on Tuesday to energize their campaign and prevent the French leader&#39;s rightwing party from winning a landslide victory in parliamentary elections.
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The French head back to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election tipped to give right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy the majority he needs to push through an ambitious reform programme.
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French voters believe Socialist candidate Segolene Royal does not have the authority or competence of conservative frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy, but would make a better president, according to an opinion poll released on Tuesday.
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France's Socialist party on Friday accused Nicolas Sarkozy of suffering from "small man syndrome", saying this explained why the shorter-than-average president had proclaimed his reforms the biggest in decades.
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President Nicolas Sarkozyâs governing party won a solid victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday, but in a surprise, it failed to trounce the opposition on the left.
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The risk of abstention looms large in Sunday's parliamentary election, with many French voters saying President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives will win regardless of their vote.
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LA ROCHELLE, France  - A story of love and rivalry   is spicing up the French Socialists' presidential race, with   revealing photos and bedroom gossip fanning the campaign.
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PARIS -- A number of prominent leftist intellectuals have thrown their support behind Nicolas Sarkozy, the leading center-right candidate for the French presidency, buoying his campaign and dealing a new blow to the Socialist Party candidate, S&#xE9;gol&#xE8;ne Royal.
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September 18, 2006 Has Socialism Started Retreating In Europe? Two weeks ago, I wrote about Nicolas Sarkozy's electoral strategy to run against the "60s mentality" in France and support market based reforms of ...
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France is approaching a crossroads on the painful and devious road to economic and social reforms.
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Campaigning drew to a close Friday for the first round of French parliamentary elections, in which right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a resounding majority for his ambitious programme of reforms.
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How do you compete with mom, flag, and apple pie?That's the American version of the question facing France's conservatives, now that Segolene Royal has emerged as the Socialist Party's candidate for president ...Comment
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Spain&#39;s ruling Socialists face a battle  to win back support in Madrid before next year&#39;s general  election after the capital voted in favor of the opposition in  regional polls.
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As the voting gets underway, in what is expected to be a tight race, there are already election fears of fraud. Many are worried that the PSD (Social Democrats) might attempt to manipulate the voting in some way.
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France's Socialist presidential candidate, Segolene Royal, is to launch her manifesto in Paris.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right party crushed the Socialists in the first round of parliamentary elections but still faces major reform hurdles, despite the likely weakness of the opposition.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy appears to have won a mandate for change after his party swept first-round parliamentary elections, and he is picking up speed in his plans to overhaul France's welfare state. But rivals say he should watch out.