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Le président du Conseil constitutionnel estime que la fonction présidentielle exige «une certaine retenue»
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French member of the Constitutional Council Pierre Steinmetz, President of the Constitutional Council Jean-Louis Debre, President Nicolas Sarkozy, newly-named members of the Constitutional Council Michel Charasse and Jacques Barrot are pictured during
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