Paris: A new poll indicates conservative
President Nicolas Sarkozy is gaining ground against
front-running Socialist Party nominee Francois Hollande in
their expected faceoff in France's presidential election this
spring.
Published in Sunday newspaper Journal du Dimanche, the
poll shows Sarkozy would still lose, but by 46 per cent to
Hollande's 54 per cent, compared with 57-43 per cent in the
weekly's previous poll in November.
Sarkozy hasn't yet announced whether he will run, but
most political observers believe he will. Most recent polls
show that he would qualify for the May 6 finale of the
election after the April 22 first-round vote.
The IFOP agency conducted the poll from January 4-6,
questioning 1,163 pre-selected participants who were
considered to be representative of a cross-section of French
voters. No margin of error was given.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, January 08, 2012, 18:55