Salut!

Sarkozy still believes he can win, but do the figures add up?

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How Sarko supporters believe he can still do it - by a whisker. At least it offered an excuse for another outing for the bearskin quotation. From my reporting for The National, Abu Dhabi ...

Three days before France chooses its next president, Nicolas Sarkozy is running a race against time to overtake François Hollande and prevent the left from winning its first presidential election since 1988.

Deeply unpopular as the campaign began, after five turbulent years fighting the impact of the world economic crisis, Mr Sarkozy is outwardly confident he can pull off an extraordinary comeback.

Five years of Hollande or five more of Sarkozy? Match nul ...

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Last night was the night of the great debate, the televised duel between he who is president and he who would be.

First, we had the build-up to the build-up. Then we had the build-up. And then we had the classic goalless draw that so often follows excessive build-up.

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