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Dominique de Villepin, a Gaullist rival to President Nicolas Sarkozy, said France had "lived up to its ideals" .

On French TV, Mr. Villepin has denounced Bourgi's accusations as lies and a willful attempt to tarnish Mr. Chirac's presidency.

The French prime minister, Dominique de Villepin is said to have a nemesis in his own Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.

In 2006 Dominique de Villepin, then prime minister, did not bother to discuss a labour market reform that he pushed through by decree.

A former prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, has also been tried in connection with a smear campaign and is awaiting a verdict.

Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said French literature had lost one of its greatest authors.

But now Colbert is back with a vengeance, as Dominique de Villepin, the prime minister, promotes his notion of "economic patriotism" .

Dominique de Villepin, a former prime minister, has launched his own party to scoop up disillusioned Gaullist voters.

The allegations come at a time when both Mr. Chirac and Mr. Villepin are on trial in unrelated scandals.

Ironically, Mr de Villepin is currently being vilified by students and unionists for his proposal to liberalise French labour laws.

Last week Mr de Villepin discovered that not even his own ranks fully support the energy project any more and postponed it until autumn.

Prosecutors have asked for an 18-month suspended sentence against Mr de Villepin for complicity in slander, and jail terms for two others.

Mr de Villepin admits to having asked a top intelligence boss to look into the list of names.

At its heart is a duel between Mr de Villepin, a flamboyant former foreign minister and later prime minister, and the current president.

Earlier this year Mr de Villepin, now safely out of office. . .

Dominique de Villepin, the former prime minister, is a prolific poet and Napoleonic historian.

A former French prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, went on trial in Paris.

Dominique de Villepin, a former prime minister of France, launched a new centre-right political party.

Even if Mr de Villepin is cleared, he has only the slimmest of chances of resurrecting his political career.

That money will not kowtow to Mr de Villepin or anyone else in the French government.

But some influential French bosses do buy into Mr de Villepin's "economic patriotism" .

Dominique de Villepin, a former prime minister and rival of Mr Sarkozy, also weighed in.

De Villepin agreed with Wen's comments and proposals on bilateral relations.

Both are suspected of faking the list with Mr de Villepin's complicity.

Mr de Villepin has denied all the charges.

Both Mr. Chirac and Mr. Villepin say they will file complaints against Bourgi.

Students too, having defeated Mr de Villepin last year, are bracing for a new struggle.

Dominique de Villepin, the current prime minister, was floored by mass street protests last year against his labour reform.

Mr Gergorin claims that Mr de Villepin, then foreign minister, ordered a probe into the fake listings and the tip off to the judge.