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Sarkozy set for big majority in parliament

By John Thornhill, Ben Hall and Pan Kwan Yuk in Paris

Published: June 10 2007 20:33 | Last updated: June 11 2007 10:32

President Nicolas Sarkozy was on course to win a commanding majority in parliament after the centre-right UMP party won an estimated 46 per cent of the vote in the first-round of France’s general election.

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