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Incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:3PM
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Incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will not make any deal with the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen who stood third in the first round of the presidential polls.

“There will be no pact with the National Front,” Sarkozy said in an interview with France Info radio on Wednesday.

However, the French president underlined the need for a talk with the 18 percent who voted for Marine Le Pen.

After losing the first round of the presidential election to his Socialist rival Francois Hollande, Sarkozy needs to get the support of the extreme far-right voters in order to stay in the Elysee palace for a second term.

Both Sarkozy and his Socialist challenger are eying more than six million voters who picked the National Front party candidate Le Pen in the first round.

The second round of the 2012 French presidential election will be held on May 6.

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source: Presstv.ir – Europe News

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