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Sarkozy leans toward right in runoff bid

By Elaine Ganley

 |  Associated Press  

  April 24, 2012

President Nicolas Sarkozy starkly of France laid out his path to reelection Monday: He will be plunging deep into far-right territory to hunt the votes he needs to beat Socialist challenger Francois Hollande in the runoff. A day after Hollande won a slim upper hand in the first round of voting, Sarkozy candidly ogled voters of the far-right National Front whose candidate, Marine Le Pen, placed a solid third.

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