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10/05/2012

French press review 10 May 2012

How many Algerians will bother to vote?

25/04/2012 - French presidential election 2012

Sarkozy rules out Front National ministers but chases far-right's votes

The Front National (FN) will not have seats in government if he is reelected, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said

Le candidat socialiste François Hollande (G) et Nicolas Sarkozy, le président sortant et candidat de l'UMP.
24/04/2012 - France

Sarkozy and Hollande set out to woo far-right Front National Le Pen voters

As campaigning continues ahead of the 6 May run-off for French president both candidates set out on Monday to court the more than six million people who voted for the far-right Front National ...

22/04/2012 - Report: French presidential election 2012

Change? Or Sarkozy again? French vote in presidential election

French voters turned out for the first round of France’s presidential election Sunday, many of them critical of a campaign they say failed to address their true concerns.

20/03/2012 - Analysis: French presidential election campaign 2012

Ten left standing - the candidates who made it to the 2012 French presidential election

Ten candidates have made it through the procedural obstacle course to stand for president of France in 2012.

19/02/2012 - France

Sarkozy promotes image as President of the People

French President Nicolas Sarkozy positioned himself as the ‘president of the people’ in his first major campaign meeting since he announced he would run for re-election last week.

12/02/2012 - France

Outrage at planned statue of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as Italian immigrant worker

A French mayor has sparked a row with a plan to erect a statue of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, dressed as a 19th-century Italian immigrant worker.

Eric Woerth at the National Assembly in Paris on 7 February 2012
08/02/2012 - France

Former French minister questioned in Bettencourt affair

A former French minister headed to a Bordeaux court on Wednesday to testify before investigating judges, over his role in an illegal financing campaign by L’Oreal heiress Liliane ...

28/01/2012 - France

Sarkozy's UMP sets out programme for 2012

Ahead of President Sarkozy’s highly-awaited televised speech on Sunday, his ruling UMP party gathered in Paris to vote through its programme for 2012.

26/01/2012 - France

French aviation unions to strike over plan to curb airport industrial action

French trade unions say they will do everything they can to stop a bill which would impose new conditions on strikes in the aviation sector from being passed into law.

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