PARIS, Nov 21, 2006 (AFP)
France's ruling centre-right threatened to break into rival camps Tuesday, as internal bickering overshadowed attempts by presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy to mount a counter-attack against the newly nominated socialist candidate Ségolène Royal.
With Sarkozy anxious to seize back the initiative following Royal's sweeping primary victory last week, he was instead fighting a rearguard action against supporters of President Jacques Chirac who accuse him of steamrolling dissent in order to block rival candidates. |
PARIS, Nov 21, 2006 (AFP)
France's interior minister and presidential frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy, thrown onto the defensive by the sweeping nomination victory of the socialist Ségolène Royal, was to champion a hotly-contested youth crime bill before parliament on Tuesday.
Cast as a response to the problem of lawlessness in the deprived French suburbs hit by rioting last year, the bill is expected to be one of Sarkozy's last major initiatives before he stands down to focus on the presidential race. |
PARIS, Nov 22, 2006 (AFP)
The plan to create a French Suez-GDF energy giant was clouded Wednesday in doubts that could exacerbate factional strains within the government only months before a presidential election.
A court decision overnight in favour of objections by trade unions in state-owned Gaz de France delayed approval for the plan by the GDF board and made a merger this year unlikely. |
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