French President Nicolas Sarkozy Will Seek Second Term
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LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images(PARIS) — Despite low approval ratings and stiff competition from Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that he will seek another term.
“The gap between Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy seems quite clear, which still is 60 to 40, which is showing an enormous gap between the two candidates,” said French political analyst Dominique Moisi, “one that is without precedent.”
“The first two years were catastrophic,” Moisi said of Sarkozy’s presidency. “A combination of triviality, vulgarity, and personal, marital conditions that really destabilized the French, especially the conservatives and their vision of their president. Though he improved himself, it is likely that the image of the first two years will remain prevalent.”
Sarkozy made his run official Wednesday during an interview with France’s TF1 channel, the BBC reported.
France holds its presidential election April 22.
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