On Feb. 26, Le Pen appealed to low-income voters, saying, "I call on France's seven million poor people to wake up to the global tragedy caused by planetary financial capitalism led by a few predators whose only target is double-digit profit in a nation called Money. (...) We shouldn't blame immigrants for these policies. Those who bear the exclusive responsibility are French politicians who are today represented by the candidates Royal, Sarkozy and Bayrou, disguised in their First Communion outfits."
Sarkozy against US backing for EU bidAt a news conference held on Wednesday to outline his foreign policy plans, French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy said he was against U.S. President George W. Bush's call for the European Union to offer membership to Turkey, reported the Associated Press news agency. Turkey did not have the capacity to enter into EU since it was an Asian country, added Sarkozy at the news conference.
Turkish Daily News
Friday, March 2, 2007
Sarkozy says press smearing electionThe weekly Le Canard Enchaine accused Sarkozy this week of getting a discount of "at least" 300,000 euros ($396,500) when he bought an apartment from a property developer in 1997. Sarkozy, ahead in opinion polls, has denied the report and in a campaign speech vowed not to be put off. "No lie, no calumny will make me hesitate, let alone step back," he said in a rally in the western city of Bordeaux. "Those behind these base manoeuvres are wasting their time," he said. "I will not let myself get drawn into the swamp they want to drag the whole campaign into." The left-wing daily Liberation published the headline "Suspicion" over a front-page picture of Sarkozy with a long article on his personal assets and an editorial defending the right of the press to investigate his finances... France's main opposition Socialist party has stayed surprisingly quiet over the affair. Le Canard Enchaine was reported to be preparing to publish an investigation into the property dealings of the Socialist election candidate, Segolene Royal... The media have already suggested that a villa in the fashionable French Riviera that she owns with her partner, Socialist party chief Francois Hollande, was deliberately undervalued on her tax returns to avoid fiscal penalties.
by Crispian Balmer
1 Mar 2007
The Scotsman
Is Sarkozy the right-leaning candidate?
I thought it said "Sarkozy Leads by Seven Points in French Ballet" ...
Bayrou is getting dangerously close to second place. I'm holding out hope that Royal will be second, because she is easier to beat for Sarkozy.
When is the election?
Does France still exist?? (sic)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6410955.stm
"French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen says rivals are making a concerted effort to block his candidacy in the presidential election... FN spokesman Julien Sanchez... accused other parties of ganging up against Mr Le Pen's candidacy and said the FN was taking legal action. 'We have lodged a complaint against Philippe de Villiers (another right wing candidate) for trying to influence officials into refusing to sign for Jean-Marie Le Pen,' he said, adding that the FN had taken the same action against 14 others."