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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu May 24, 10:25 am ET
PARIS (Reuters) - The shock of Nicolas Sarkozy's failure to win re-election as French president has triggered a power struggle in his centre-right UMP party that could hurt its showing in next month's parliamentary election. Sarkozy's prime minister, Francois Fillon, now replaced by an interim Socialist premier, opened hostilities on Wednesday when he said the UMP had "no natural leader". His ...
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Channel NewsAsia - Tue May 22, 9:16 am ET
RABAT: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who was voted out two weeks ago, and his wife Carla are enjoying a holiday in one of the Moroccan king's residences in Marrakesh, a local official said Tuesday.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri May 25, 1:32 pm ET
PARIS (Reuters) - The French left will comfortably beat the conservative UMP party in next month's parliamentary election, a poll showed on Friday, as rivalries triggered by Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat in the race for the presidency risk splitting the right-wing vote. President Francois Hollande's Socialists and other left-wing partner parties could together win 44 percent of the vote in the June ...
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The Norwich Bulletin - Thu May 24, 9:58 pm ET
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been ousted. The French people have spoken. They don’t want any cuts to social programs and they don’t want their retirement age raised, even modestly, from 60 to 62. The vote shows that they either don’t want financial responsibility restored to their government or they believe taxing the rich will deliver them from economic disaster. They’ve put their faith ...
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Calgary Sun - Thu May 24, 9:25 pm ET
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy deserves credit for a number of courageous policy decisions during his presidency. Leading NATO into and through Libya, challenging the West to get serious about Iran’s opaque nuclear program, and staying the course in Afghanistan despite the war’s unpopularity all come to mind.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue May 22, 4:14 pm ET
New French President Francois Hollande will hit the big screen in a new documentary by the screenwriter of a feature film about his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, the filmmaker told AFP Tuesday.
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Europe Online Magazine - Sun May 20, 8:05 am ET
Paris (dpa) - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy‘s friends are mobilizing to keep the memory of his presidency alive, Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper reported Sunday, less than a week after he handed over power to his successor Francois Hollande.An Association of Friends of Nicolas Sarkozy, with his close friend, former interior minister Brice Hortefeux as president and former industry ...
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New York Times - Thu May 24, 11:39 am ET
Francois Hollande attended his first European summit, where his low-key style was a sharp break with his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, who sometimes gripped the lectern so tightly his knuckles whitened. Barely discussed at the summit? Greece.
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EuroNews - Fri May 25, 7:19 am ET
New French President François Hollande has made a surprise flying visit to Afghanistan. Hollande's predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, had already…
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EuroNews - Fri May 25, 5:19 am ET
The French President François Hollande has made a surprise flying visit to Afghanistan. Hollande's predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, had already…
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu May 24, 11:44 am ET
PARIS (Reuters) - Moody's restated its negative outlook on France's top-notch credit rating on Thursday, saying after Francois Hollande's May 6 presidential election win that it needed more time to assess how France will manage its public finances in a time of anemic growth. Socialist Hollande took over from conservative Nicolas Sarkozy on May 15 and has named an interim government, but ratings ...
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Brisbane Times - Thu May 24, 1:23 pm ET
PARIS: Francois Hollande is pushing ahead with the partial repeal of an unpopular pension law passed by his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Forbes - Thu May 24, 8:53 am ET
There? a strand of thinking around the German position on the Euro that says compromise is inevitable. A growth package will emerge from the discussions going on??right now in Brussels. That same line of thinking says, look, the French have thrown out Sarkozy and replaced him with a pro-growth socialist. This, then, is surely a ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Thu May 24, 12:00 pm ET
PARIS (Reuters) - Moody's restated its negative outlook on France's top-notch credit rating on Thursday, saying after Francois Hollande's May 6 presidential election win that it needed more time to assess how France will manage its public finances in a time of anaemic growth. Socialist Hollande took over from conservative Nicolas Sarkozy on May 15 and has named an interim government, but ratings ...
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Bloomberg - Wed May 23, 1:17 am ET
Switzerland is preparing for an influx of wealthy French emigres after Socialist Francois Hollande ousted Nicolas Sarkozy in presidential elections.