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New chief of Sarkozy's dispute-racked party named
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party, now the main opposition force to France's governing Socialists, moved deeper into disarray on ...
French minister wants steel firm ArcelorMittal out
Many European countries with lagging economies are trying to draw in foreign investors. But in France, a Socialist minister says he wants to kick the ...
Carla Bruni backs gay marriage, but not feminism
France's former first lady Carla Bruni says she disagrees with her conservative husband Nicolas Sarkozy and supports a plan to allow gay marriage and ...
France: Sarkozy's party battles to save itself
Parents struggle to explain it to their kids. Ambassadors struggle to explain it to their governments. The only thing that's clear is that French ...
EU pays $230M a year to keep Parliament on road
If European Union leaders are looking to save some serious money, they might look no further than the "traveling circus" that is the European ...
France's Sarkozy questioned over campaign funds
He faces the possibility of charges on allegations he took advantage of an aging heiress to get envelopes stuffed with illegal cash for his ...
Mali rebels meet French government
French diplomats are meeting with a secular rebel group vying for control of northern Mali, and pressing the group to reconcile with the West African ...
Sarkozy joins ex-French leaders under legal fire
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy follows in a long line of French leaders in the legal crosshairs. Voted out office in May, the 57-year-old ...
US rejects report of hacking at French presidency
The U.S. Embassy in Paris on Wednesday "categorically" denied claims in a French magazine report that the U.S. government was behind a hacking attack ...
French conservatives pick leader with 98-vote edge
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives chose a right-leaning new leader on Monday in a razor-thin victory — 98 votes — and with so ...