Sarkozy in all-out bid to boost campaign

Article discusses the activist campaign of President Nicolas Sarkozy in the French Presidential Election campaign in the spring of 2012.

A plan to nail tax-avoiding big companies, a crackdown on immigration, a swipe against halal meat, a verbal punch-up with a former Socialist prime minister during a three-hour television appearance – and a promise to retire from politics if he lost the presidential election.

Even by the all-action standards of France’s “omni-president”, the second week of March was a high-volume week for Nicolas Sarkozy as he battled to overcome an apparently stubborn opinion poll deficit in the run-up to the first round of voting on the 22 April 2012.

ESO: Background information: French presidential election, 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/french-presidential-election-2012/

ESO: Background information: Meat slaughter dispute hits Sarkozy http://www.europeansources.info/record/meat-slaughter-dispute-hits-sarkozy/

France24, 8.3.12: Sarkozy to quit politics if he loses re-election bid http://www.france24.com/en/20120308-sarkozy-leave-politics-if-loses-reelection-hollande-interview-france-presidency

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