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Wed 06 Jun 2009Sarkozy courts left and centre in cabinet reshuffle
FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy’s policy of ouverture to the left and centre reached a new level last night when he appointed Frédéric Mitterrand, the nephew of the late socialist president Francois, as minister of culture in a cabinet reshuffle.
Mr Sarkozy used the temptation of a cabinet portfolio to lure into his camp a close friend of Francois Bayrou, the centrist leader who recently attacked the president in a book entitled Abuse of Power.
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