PRÉSIDENTIELLES 2007

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So far, I have tried to remain blissfully oblivious to the barrage of news about France’s presidential elections surrounding me. However, I recently saw a documentary on the two candidates who seem to have knocked all other candidates out of the running – the famous Ségo-Sarko pair. Two more contrasting characters you cannot imagine – Ségolène Royal is the socialist candidate, Nicolas Sarkozy, from the right-wing UMP party; she is tall, he is most definitely not; she is a beautiful woman, he is most definitely not. And yet they are eerily similar in their charismatic allure. And they are currently neck and neck in the polls. The first round of the elections is on 22 April. Affaire à suivre, as they say.