Both Mr Fabius and Mr Strauss-Kahn sent messages of congratulation soon after their defeat.
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The last time Mr Fabius presented a motion, in 1990, he won 29% of members' votes.
Mr Fabius portrays himself as a realist, responding to the mood of the people.
Even with that acquittal, the sceptics doubted that Mr Fabius would again seize the political spotlight.
With political friends like Mr Fabius, the prime minister may have wondered, who needs enemies?
Mr Fabius said the decision to free her showed that Mexico was a "great democracy".
This is a more careful, softly-softly approach to building Europe than Fabius and Fischer may want.
Overall, Mr Fabius has been praised for doing what he could, given the present political mood.
Mr Fabius has breached an important taboo, opening the way for further cuts at the top.
Rather than making structural changes, Mr Fabius largely went for specific changes aimed at winning votes.
Recognizing Hannibal was too strong to confront directly, Fabius conducted a masterful war of attrition.
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But French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the French military has also launched airstrikes.
The annual tax on cars was scrapped: a welcome simplification of the tax system, said Mr Fabius.
Mr Fabius also said credible elections in Mali would be vital to achieving sustainable peace in the country.
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Now he has not just Messrs Fabius and Lang on board, but Michel Sapin and Catherine Tasca too.
But the expulsion carries a risk that Mr Fabius will appear a victim, and his stock may rise.
Both Mr Hollande and Mr Fabius insisted before the poll that this was not a personal vote of confidence.
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In an interview published on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said French soldiers could start leaving Mali in March.
Laurent Fabius said restoring security was essential but so was restoring democratic dialogue.
Later, cheering "vive la France, " she wrapped her arms around French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who accompanied Mr. Hollande.
"These images are terribly shocking and display cruelty without limits, " French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement.
If Fabius and Fischer get their way, it will make success in a British euro referendum even more difficult.
French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday that Berlusconi needed to confirm Italy's commitment to the European Union.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the aim of the operation was to stop Islamist militants advancing any further.
For his part, Mr Fabius emerges stronger from Le Mans than might appear.
France's new Socialist finance minister, Laurent Fabius, took over only a month ago.
The two later had dinner with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who joined them after the European talks in Brussels.
On Monday, Mr Fabius said France intended to hand over control of Timbuktu to African forces as soon as possible.
Laurent Fabius, who ran against her, publicly asked who would look after her children if she went for the presidency.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the aim of the current operation was to stop Islamist militants advancing any further.
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