Article: Roundup: Sarkozy wins French presidential race

Transcript: Bayrou Reshapes French Presidential Race
NPR All Things Considered;  March 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... 2007 Bayrou Reshapes French Presidential Race Host: MICHELE NORRIS Time ... and this is one reason the French people support me, because there ... methods. BEARDSLEY: In a presidential race where 60 percent of the people ...

Article: French political pariah enjoying limelight during ...
AP Worldstream;  May 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... attracting attention. But in this year's presidential race, the extreme-right leader has had ... candidate brave enough to do so. Many French people believe the government has yet to get ... top polling firm, says one in four French people have voted for Le Pen or his party ...

Article: Chirac calls for civility as presidential race ...
AP Worldstream;  March 11, 2002 ;     580 words ... ... civility in France's increasingly bitter presidential race and defended his decision to seek immunity ... called the president tired and old. The French people deserve something else, a real debate ... to do so by the constitution. Many French people didn't understand my position, didn ...

Article: KERRY CRITICIZED FOR FRENCH CONNECTION REPUBLICAN STRATEGY HITS ...
The Boston Globe;  April 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON - As the presidential race gets tighter and nastier, the F-word has increasingly crept ... into a kind of character flaw, much to the insult of many French people as well as Kerry's supporters. "These guys are doing the ...

Article: Bayrou upends presidential race in France
International Herald Tribune;  March 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... seems possible that he could edge out Royal in the first round of voting and make it to the run-off on May 6. ''The French people want a president who brings them together, rather than one who divides them, a president who reassures them rather than ...

Article: Sarkozy favored to win French presidential race
Oakland Tribune;  May 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Europe-1 radio. Clearly confident, he did not predict Sunday's outcome, but said, "I am waiting serenely for the French people's choice." At midnight Friday, the candidates and polling agencies must fall silent, to give voters a day of reflection ...

Article: Jospin lays out platform for presidential race in ...
AP Worldstream;  February 21, 2002 ;     495 words ... ... April 21, followed by a second, deciding round on May 5. Jospin's announcement on Wednesday, a faxed letter to the French people, set out five goals: for a France that is active, sure, just, modern and strong. Chirac, who entered the race nine ...