Gerry Hadden

Gerry Hadden

Gerry Hadden reports for The World from Europe. Based in Spain, Hadden's assignments have sent him to the northernmost village in Norway to the southern tip of Italy, and just about everywhere else in between.

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French Election: Hollande and Sarkozy in Final Push

May 4, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Francois Hollande (Photo: Matthieu Riegler/Wiki Commons)

Francois Hollande (Photo: Matthieu Riegler/Wiki Commons)

Nicolas Sarkozy in Marseille (BBC Video)

Nicolas Sarkozy (BBC Video)

Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande are making their final pitch for votes in one of the most dramatic elections in recent French history.

Opinion polls suggest the incumbent president has cut Hollande’s lead slightly but is still trailing his Socialist challenger by some 6 percent.

Analysts say he needs a major reversal in fortunes to win on Sunday.

When Sarkozy was first elected in 2007 he was the most popular president in French history. Now polls suggest he’s the least popular. What happened? The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.


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