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Sarkozy faces uphill battle in French election
May 04, 2012
May 04, 2012
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budget-cutting measures France and Europe have adopted. Hollande said he can jump start the economy by spending more and taxing the rich.
But Sarkozy isn't really running against Hollande. He's running against himself.
He had promised the French a new deal: that if they worked harder and longer and demanded less from state welfare programs, they'd all be better off. The American model, it was called.
A lot of people, like Ruben Elmaleh, who runs a bar-restaurant on the outskirts of Paris, took him at his word.
Sarkozy rival upset at use of Obama photo
Polls suggest close result in
budget-cutting measures France and Europe have adopted. Hollande said he can jump start the economy by spending more and taxing the rich.
But Sarkozy isn't really running against Hollande. He's running against himself.
He had promised the French a new deal: that if they worked harder and longer and demanded less from state welfare programs, they'd all be better off. The American model, it was called.
A lot of people, like Ruben Elmaleh, who runs a bar-restaurant on the outskirts of Paris, took him at his word.
Sarkozy rival upset at use of Obama photo
Polls suggest close result in
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