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Sun 06 Jun 2007Sarkozy set for parliamentary victoryRight-wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to score a crushing victory in parliamentary elections today, despite a row over his plans for tax hikes that appeared to have rallied the left.An eve of poll survey gave Sarkozy's ruling conservatives and allies 380-420 seats in the National Assembly, a body Sarkozy must control if he is to implement campaign pledges to cut tax, boost the economy and slash unemployment.