Sarkozy wants easing of EU fishing quotas
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday he wants to use his country's upcoming presidency of the European Union to thrash out an agreement on changing the fishing quotas system.
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PARIS, Jun 20 (IPS) - In his successful bid to lead the country this past  spring, French President Nicolas Sarkozy made reform of the  country's immigration system a centrepiece of his campaign,  at one point telling a news conference that France was  "exasperated by the dispute about national identity and by  uncontrolled immigration."
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President Nicolas  Sarkozy said on Tuesday that France would veto any World Trade  Organisation (WTO) agreement that did not satisfy its  requirements on agriculture.
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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 warned on Tuesday that France will veto negotiations at the World Trade Organization if French farming interests are threatened.
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France's right-wing presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday vowed a major push to wrench the European Union out of crisis if elected, calling for a relationship of equals between a strong Europe and the United States.
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Irish fisherman have reacted cautiously to new EU fishing quotas negotiated during talks in Brussels. EU fisheries ministers agreed that cod-fishing grounds in the Irish Sea, North Sea and west of Scotland should remain open.
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France's President Sarkozy calls for taxes to hit polluters and French use of pesticides to be halved.
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The EU decided Wednesday to cut  national fish catches for 2005, rejecting proposals to shut  fishing grounds in favor of more limits on the time trawlers  can hunt for depleted species like cod, officials said.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Poland on Thursday could tip the balance in persuading its eurosceptic conservative leaders not to veto talks on a new European Union treaty.
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France's rightwing presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy called for the European Union to adopt more protectionist policies in order to defend its interests against competition from emerging economies.
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy calls for a strong Europe to rebuild a more harmonious world order.
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy  invites Mediterranean leaders to a summit aimed at forging closer ties.
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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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EU officials table a compromise to cut cod catches by 25% but allow boats to spend longer at sea.
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Talks on national fishing quotas are underway in Brussels between government ministers and the European Commission. The commission recently announced another major round of cuts in the allocations to help conserve stocks.
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Science & environment: Conservationists attack EU fishing quota deal that will allow fishing fleets to land an extra 11% of cod in North Sea.