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Sarkozy's Party Suffers Defeat at Local Polls

Voters steamed over economy, president's marital drama

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 16, 2008 8:21 PM CDT

(Newser) – French voters dealt Nicolas Sarkozy another blow today in the second round of local balloting. The maverick president's right-wing UMP party lost mayorships in Strasbourg and Reims to opposition socialists, who also gained Toulouse and held on to power bases in Paris and Lyon, the...   Read full story »

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