Local elections deliver setback for Sarkozy

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Series Details 10.3.08
Publication Date 10/03/2008
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Article reports that President Nicolas Sarkozy of France suffered his first electoral setback, March 2008, since coming to power 10 months earlier: his centre-right UMP party lost ground to the opposition Socialist party in local elections.

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BBC News, 10.3.08: Poll setback for Sarkozy's party http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7284001.stm
BBC News, 16.3.08: Sarkozy faces local poll setback http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7299151.stm

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