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6/3/07

Gulf Times – France: Sarkozy’s party cruising to victory in legislative vote

France: Sarkozy’s party cruising to victory in legislative vote

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France yesterday entered a final week of campaigning for the first round of parliamentary elections, with President Nicolas Sarkozy’s right-wing UMP party set to steamroll to victory. After winning the presidency last month, Sarkozy is poised to clinch a huge majority - perhaps even a landslide - that would allow him to push through his programme of ambitious reform in parliament. A poll published yesterday showed the president’s Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) picking up between 420 to 460 seats in the 577-member assembly, up from its current contingent of 359 deputies.

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