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| French Election | | Last Updated 22/07/2009 23:06:00 |
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 | Bedie to discuss Ivorian political situation in Paris | | Paris, France (PANA) - Former Ivorian head of state, Henri Konan Bedie, who is a
candidate of the opposition Ivorian Democratic party (PDCI) in the November 29
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residential election, will on Friday make a statement in Paris on the political
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ituation of the country.
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| Congo opposition politician calls for presidential election | | Paris, France (PANA) - The chairman of Congo's opposition People's Congress and
Sympathizers/Citizen Consensus, Marcel Guitoukoulou, has called on the governmen
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and the opposition to commit themselves to sincere political dialogue in a bid
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o ensure that the presidential election slated for July 2009 takes place without
hindrances.
26/12/2008 full text... |
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| Congolese opposition wants N'Guesso's ban from 2009 vote | | Paris, France (PANA) - Former Congolese minister of hydrocarbons,
Benoît Koukébéné, declared on Monday in Paris that Congolese President
Dénis Sassou N'Guesso "should be disqualified even if he puts up his
candidacy" for the 2009 presidential election in Congo.
28/10/2008 full text... |
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| French media highlight presidential election | | Paris, France (PANA) - The conduct and results of Sunday's
French presidential election dominated the country's
press reports Monday, zeroing on the 6 May run-off
between the two frontrunners - Nicolas Sarkozy, of the
ruling Union for the Presidential Majority (UMP) and
the Socialist Party (PS) candidate, Ségolčne Royal.
23/04/2007 full text... |
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| OIF commends Mauritania peaceful poll | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The orderly conduct
of Mauritania's first round presidential election on Sunday,
brought "honour to Africa and the international community,"
Pierre Buyoya, head of the Paris-based International
Organisation of the Francophony (OIF) poll observer mission,
said here Tuesday.
13/03/2007 full text... |
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| French party for disarmament in Cote d'Ivoire | | Paris, France (PANA) - The disarmament of all protagonists in
Cote d'Ivoire is the "key" to the organisation of presidential
elections in that West African country, says Guy Labertit, the
delegate for Africa in the French socialist Party.
29/09/2005 full text... |
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| Expert on African issues heads French foreign ministry | | Paris, France (PANA) - Dominique Galouz de Villepin, Jacques
Chirac's former secretary general at the Elysee, has been made
in charge of the French foreign, Co-operation and Francophonie
ministry, pending its possible split in case the Right wins the
parliamentary elections on 16 June.
10/05/2002 full text... |
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| Chirac remembers immigrants in cabinet appointments | | Paris, France (PANA) - The appointment of Franco-Algerian, Tokia
Saifi as secretary of state in charge of durable development, was
a strong signal of the policy of President-elect Jacques Chirac
to reach out to all to build a strong and united France,
immigrant groups believe.
08/05/2002 full text... |
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| Compaore congratulates Chirac | | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe President
Blaise Compaore has sent a "very warm and friendly"
message to his French counterpart Jacques Chirac on
his "brilliant re-election" Sunday.
08/05/2002 full text... |
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| Kabila wants Chirac's continued support | | Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo President Joseph
Kabila wants re-elected French President Jacques Chirac
to continue his support for the peace process in the
Great Lakes region, including Congo.
08/05/2002 full text... |
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| South Africa congratulates Chirac on victory | | Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Thabo
Mbeki has extended his heartfelt congratulations to President
Jacques Chirac on his resounding victory in the second round of
the French Presidential Elections held on Sunday.
07/05/2002 full text... |
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| Burundi welcomes Chirac's re-election | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian communication minister and
government spokesman Albert Mbonerane has welcomed Jacques
Chirac's landslide victory in the runoff of the presidential
election in France, saying that this was a "victory of democracy
over exclusion."
The defeat of Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the extreme right wing
National Front (FN), was an obvious sign of the French people's
maturity, mainly the Socialists who overcame their frustration
following their candidate Lionel Jospin's first round exit to
support Chirac in the runoff, he said.
07/05/2002 full text... |
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| Tunisian leader hails Chirac's victory in France | | Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben
Ali has sent a message to French President Jacques Chirac,
congratulating him for his "brilliant re-election."
For the first time in French elections, an incumbent president
was elected Sunday with more than 82 percent of the votes,
following a runoff against far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen.
07/05/2002 full text... |
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| Mauritius hails President Chirac's victory | | Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir
Anerood Jugnauth Monday congratulated French President Jacques
Chirac for his "crushing" victory in Sunday's second round
presidential election.
06/05/2002 full text... |
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| Jospin resigns as French PM | | Paris, France (PANA) - French Prime Minister Lionel
Jospin resigned Monday following re-elected President
Jacques Chirac's appointment of Jean-Pierre Raffarin as
new Prime Minister.
06/05/2002 full text... |
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| Over 25 million French voters re-elect Chirac | | Paris, France (PANA) - Incumbent French President Jacques Chirac
was re-elected with 82.1 percent of the votes against 17.9
percent by his extreme-right challenger Jean Marie Le Pen in
Sunday's French presidential runoff.
05/05/2002 full text... |
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| National Front VP defends party policies, immigration | | Paris, France (PANA) - "I think we have been caricatured a lot on
the issue of immigration. We (National Front) are Francophiles
but we believe that French people have superior rights over
foreigners in France," said National Party Vice President in
charge of foreign affairs, Dominique Chaboche, during an
exclusive interview with PANA ahead of the French presidential
poll Sunday.
03/05/2002 full text... |
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| Illegal immigrants join anti-Le Pen protests | | Paris, France (PANA) - Illegal immigrants (Sans Papiers)
were among an estimated 45,000 protesters who demonstrated
Saturday against the anti-foreigner policies far-right leader
Jean Marie Le Pen plans to introduce in case he is elected
French president on 5 May.
27/04/2002 full text... |
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| Politics, sports hit the headlines in Cameroon | | Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Newspapers in Cameroon this week
wrote about the 23 June parliamentary and local government
elections, the first round French presidential ballot and CAF
president's bid to be elected as head of FIFA.
26/04/2002 full text... |
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| Religious leaders rally against Le Pen in France | | Paris, France (PANA) - Several religious faiths have called for a
vote against French far right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen,
following the stance taken Monday by Paris Cardinal who condemned
the Le Pen vote, appealing to French Christians to be discerning
in their choice.
26/04/2002 full text... |
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| Le Pen's emergence stirs African workers in France | | Paris, France (PANA) - The Federation of African workers in
France (FETAF) expresses deep worries about African workers'
future in the country after extreme right party leader Jean-Marie
Le Pen won as second front-runner in the first round of the
French presidential elections 21 April.
25/04/2002 full text... |
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| Le Pen cancels press conference in Brussels | | Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - French far-right leader
Jean-Marie Le Pen, whose surprise showing in Sunday's
presidential poll has unleashed widespread protests,
was forced to cancel a press conference in Brussels
Wednesday.
25/04/2002 full text... |
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| Congolese Minister commends French citizens on anti-fascism | | Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo Brazzaville's Information
Minister François Ibovi, has commended French citizens for
condemning the emergence of "fascism" following the outcome
of Sunday's first round presidential balloting that gave
far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen a surprise advantage.
25/04/2002 full text... |
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| Ivorian party urges French voters to pick Chirac | | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Cote d'Ivoire opposition
party, Rally for Republicans (RDR) is urging French citizens to
massively vote for incumbent President Jacques Chirac in the
second round presidential poll due 5 May to block his rival,
Jean-Marie Le Pen from winning.
24/04/2002 full text... |
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| France drifts towards a xenophobic state | | Paris, France (PANA) - By ignoring the issue of insecurity, did
outgoing Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, who came in third position
in Sunday's first round of the French presidential election, play
with fire?
Did Jacques Chirac, the incumbent president, by exclusively
focusing his campaign on that very issue of insecurity, add fuel
to the fire?
By sending the National Front leader to the 5 May run-off with
17.03 percent from the first ballot, did the French mentality "go
the Jean-Marie Le Pen way" as he himself put it.
24/04/2002 full text... |
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| Brazzaville outraged by Le Pen's success in France | | Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - An official of the Congo
Brazzaville government has warned that victory for
far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, in the 5 May
second round of presidential balloting in France,
portends "a real disaster for Congo and Africa."
The surprise success of the National Front Party leader
in Sunday's first round of voting has sent shock waves
across the world, mainly because of his extreme views on
racism and immigration.
24/04/2002 full text... |
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| French poll opens eyes of Ivorians | | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The outcome of the
first round of the French presidential election on
Sunday has left Ivorians wondering about the future
of French-African relations.
23/04/2002 full text... |
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| Le Pen's political rise not an earthquake, but a process | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - While Sunday's first round elimination
of all left-leaning political parties in France is regarded as
a "surprise" in certain quarters, the large number of candidates
from this political camp were responsible for scattering their
own votes.
23/04/2002 full text... |
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| British politicians meet to halt extremism | | London, UK (PANA) - British political leaders were
expected to hold an emergency session in London Tuesday
on how to stem right-wing extremism following the surprise
success of Jean-Marie Le Pen in the first round of French
presidential poll Sunday.
23/04/2002 full text... |
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| Le Pen's electoral success worries immigrants in France | | Paris, France (PANA) - Immigrants based in France, particularly
Blacks, Arabs and other minorities have been quite apprehensive
since Sunday night's confirmation that extreme-right National
Front (FN) leader Jean Marie Le Pen would participate in the
second round of the country's presidential election on 5 May.
22/04/2002 full text... |
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| Le Pen's gain in French presidential race irks Berenger | | Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister
Paul Berenger has described Jean Marie Le Pen's gain in the
first round of the French presidential ballot as "a shame for the
French."
"The carelessness of the French who abstained, who went to the
seaside or enjoyed themselves elsewhere, helped Le Pen to get
such a percentage of votes," Berenger said Monday at a political
meeting in Goodlands, northern Mauritius.
22/04/2002 full text... |
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| Burkinabé citizens distraught over Le Pen's score | | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabés, like most Africans
residing in Burkina Faso, were distraught on Sunday evening,
after the announcement of the participation of French Far-Right
party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen in the run-off of the presidential
poll slated 5 May.
22/04/2002 full text... |
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| Le Pen's score in France outrages Moroccan socialists | | Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Socialists in Morocco have
expressed "concern" and "profound shock" following the
elimination of Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in the first
round of France's presidential ballot which put far-rightist
Jean Marie Le Pen in second place for a May 5 run-off.
22/04/2002 full text... |
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| Paris Archbishop cautions about fascism | | Paris, France (PANA) - Stunned by the results of the first round
of the French presidential election held Sunday, the Archbishop
of Paris, Cardinal Lustiger has urged the French to "be conscious
of the danger" they face in case far-rightist Jean-Marie Le Pen
came to power.
22/04/2002 full text... |
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| Algerians surprised at Le Pen's electoral success | | Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algerians' fears that Lionel Jospin,
the candidate of the Socialist Party (ruling PS) would beat their
favourite, incumbent President Jacques Chirac in the first ballot
of the French presidential election, were made worse by the
electoral success of Jean-Marie Le Pen, of the far right National
Front, in the French presidential election.
22/04/2002 full text... |
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| Chirac: from social divide to maximum security | | Paris, France (PANA) - To defeat his liberal rival Edouard
Balladur in 1995, former Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac introduced
himself to French voters as the man to put an end to the
'social divide' or striking disparities down the different strata
of French society.
19/04/2002 full text... |
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| Uncertainty lingers as French voters go to the polls on Sunday | | Paris, France (PANA) - French extreme right presidential hopeful
Jean Marie Le Pen's campaign trail exudes with confidence after
latest opinion polls on the 16 contenders placed him third at 14
percent, with the incumbent Jacques Chirac in the lead (51
percent) and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin a close second at 48
percent.
19/04/2002 full text... |
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| Paris-based African politicians follow French poll | | Paris, France (PANA) - Several African politicians exiled in
France said Friday they were keeping a tab on campaigns ahead of
the French presidential election coming up 21 April, adding that
the poll was significant to relations between France and Africa.
19/04/2002 full text... |
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