Tag: Francois Hollande

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 04:28 UTC

  French president Sarkozy confirms re-election bid; trails Socialist candidate by 15 points

  

  President Nicolas Sarkozy formally declared his candidacy for a second term on Wednesday seeking to overturn a wide poll lag with promises to get the unemployed back to work and use referendums to consult the French people on reforms.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 01:00 UTC

  Sarkozy over burdened with a stagnant economy and elections next April

  

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged in a grave New Year's message to find ways to pull the economy out of stagnation in the four months left before a presidential election and vowed no further public spending cuts.