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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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French elections stories: 11 news summaries

Sarkozy's Party Suffers Defeat
at Local Polls

Voters steamed over economy, president's marital drama

Mar 16, 08 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 BBC reports. UMP retained control... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Paris • Carla Bruni • Marseille • French elections • Lyon • Toulouse • Strasbourg • Caen

Sarkozy's Party Loses Ground to Socialists

Parliamentary elections show left is alive, but Sarkozy's  majority still solid

Jun 18, 07 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The French left refused to roll over and play dead in parliamentary elections yesterday, giving Nicolas Sarkozy a smaller majority than expected. Sarkozy's Conservative Party won a strong enough mandate to push through its ambitious tax cuts and easing of labor restrictions, the New York Times reports, but loses some... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • French Parliament • Conservative Party • Socialist Party • Alain Juppé • election • French elections

Sarkozy Preps for Landslide in Parliament

Projected majority for UMP could signal mandate for new Prez

Jun 11, 07 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - More Paris news: Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party is making a beeline towards a landslide in the French parliamentary election, according to first round polls. UMP could win at least 383 of 577 seats, meaning a serious mandate for Sarko to push through rightish economic reforms. But the election is anyone's... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • French Parliament • UMP • Socialist Party • French elections

Sarko, Ségo Shake Things Up

William Pfaff on how the French election knocked the country out of its doldrums

May 31, 07 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - France has been gripped by a serious case of political stagnation, and the recent election between two bright young things—Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal—has smashed it out of its stupor, William Pfaff reflects in the New York Review of Books. More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • voters • election • French elections

Unions Fire Warning Shots At Sarkozy

French labor leaders hint at general strikes 

May 8, 07 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy could be on a collision course with French labor unions over  his "economic evolution." The president-elect wooed voters with proposals to extend the 35-hour work week, slash welfare, curb the right to strike and cut taxes. But even as Sarkozy headed to Malta before taking office... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • Jacques Chirac • France • labor • union • French elections

Ou Est Mme. Sarkozy?

President-elect's elusive wife spurs speculation about
First Lady's role

May 7, 07 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - To add frisson to the French election, new president Nicolas Sarkozy is already facing questions about his rocky marriage to his glamorous second wife, Cecilia. The London Times reports the former model, who once said she was "bored stiff" at the idea of being France's First Lady, was conspicuously... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • marriage • Cecilia Sarkozy • French elections

Sarkozy Sees Mandate for New France

Vows to bond with
U.S., break with
nanny state

May 7, 07 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared an economic revolution for France and closer friendship with the United States to thousands of jubilant supporters at Paris's Place de La Concorde last night. But there were riots in Bastille and car burnings in the suburbs as disappointed Socialists reacted to the... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • French economy • riots • election • French elections

Sarko Takes French Presidency

May 6, 07 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicholas Sarkozy, a right-leaning Hungarian immigrant's son, will be the next president of France, according to initial results from the final round of elections there. Sarkozy's victory within an 85% turnout dashed the hopes of a galvanized Socialist Party, and its candidate Ségolène Royal, of placing the first... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • Jacques Chirac • France • election • French elections

Royal Slams Sarkozy in French Debate

Socialist assails conservative for
'law and order' failures

May 3, 07 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Socialist candidate Ségolene Royal scored points for passion and toughness, and conservative Nicolas Sarkozy for policy brilliance in the French presidential debate last night. Commentators said Royal, who was trailing in opinion polls, helped close the gap by seizing the offensive, turning the tables on the notoriously combative Sarkozy.... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • election • French elections

French Winners
Woo Centrist

With 7 million supporters, Francois Bayrou is courted by left and right

Apr 24, 07 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Defeated presidential candidate Francois Bayrou is now the most wanted man in France, as Sarko and Ségo compete to woo his seven million voters. Socialist Ségolène Royal has appealed directly to Bayrou to form an alliance, while right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy is rebranding himself as a centrist-friendly “... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Francois Bayrou • election • French elections

Sarkozy, Royal in French Runoff

Apr 22, 07 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal won the first round of voting today to succeed French president Jacques Chirac, CNN reports. Based on vote counts from hundreds of polling stations, Sarkozy drew 30.46% of the votes, and Royal  24.41%. They will face each other in a runoff... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • Jacques Chirac • France • election • French elections

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