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Sarkozy compared to Vichy leader for courting far right - FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012 - FRANCE 24
Two French left-wing newspapers have published damning articles likening President Nicolas Sarkozy to WWII-era leader Marshall Philippe Pétain for wooing far-right voters ahead of the May 6 runoff in the country’s presidential election.
By Tony Todd (text)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his aides on Wednesday accused the left-wing press of “intellectual terrorism” for comparing the incumbent leader’s flirting with extreme right voters with wartime collaboration with the Nazis.
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Two French left-wing newspapers have published damning articles likening President Nicolas Sarkozy to WWII-era leader Marshall Philippe Pétain for wooing far-right voters ahead of the May 6 runoff in the country’s presidential election.
By Tony Todd (text)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his aides on Wednesday accused the left-wing press of “intellectual terrorism” for comparing the incumbent leader’s flirting with extreme right voters with wartime collaboration with the Nazis.
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