so how is nicolas sarkozy trying to save his presidency? mark urban reports. >> here, a few hours east of paris, there is a shrine to a man and his ideology. general charles de gaulle lived and died here, leaving behind a powerful idea of france. his views on how the country should be run are still so influential that apparently his error as leader of his movement comes here to commune with his spirit -- his heir comes here to commune with this spirit. >> president nicolas sarkozy often comes alone. it is for him, as it was for general de gaulle, an ideal place for reflection. >> learning about the galt is part of the syllabus for french schools. for these children, he was a war leader who embodied national unity. later, they learn about how he put and nicholas sarkozy almost never invoked the greatness of france. the grand tour of france. it is not in his project. nevertheless, he certainly considers germany and france as the leaders, legitimate leaders of europe. >> president charles de gaulle had a very well-defined idea of what france s

it is a merkel for nicolas sarkozy to win. but sometimes a miracle happens. -- it is a miracle for nicolas sarkozy to win. >> a lot more still to come on the final day of campaigning. but for now, back to david in the studio. >> thank you. get in the warm quickly. bbc will have special coverage. 17:30 gmt. and you can keep up on our website. now, a senior journalist for chinese state media told us that the authorities covered up the murder of business of british men when they realized was connected to one of tschida's top politicians. chinese officials said that he would have died of excessive alcohol consumption. but his wife was detained as a suspect in his murder. many of the details are still a mystery. >> said it is an extraordinarily complicated story. i spoke to a senior journalist last night. his chinese purity worked for the chinese people a day late. -- he is chinese and he worked for the chinese party. they knew immediately that he had been murdered. regionally they thought he had died of excessive drinking. -- or o

the camp was more muted for nicolas sarkozy. the biggest shock of the night was the support for the far right. one in five french people appears to have voted an end to the euro, close borders, and protectionism. marine le pen's third-place presents a major challenge to the two main street candidates. francois hollande is now bidding to become the first socialist leader of france in 17 years. he simply said, "either we continue with the policies that failed, or we rebuild the country with a new president who will unite the republic ." nicolas sarkozy hardly looks like a man contemplating defeat. he will start again tomorrow, he said. "for five years i have done this job and believe me, i'm up for the challenge." >> nicolas sarkozy knows that if he is to pull himself up, he needs to start punches, which is why he has challenged mr. francois hollande to three debates. he is the most unpopular french president to run for reelection and he has just two weeks to turn it around. bbc news, paris. >> one of the key issues will be the ba

to gadhafi then he bombed gadhafi when you're a friend of nicolas sarkozy always be wary. completely incoherent nature of nicolas sarkozy's foreign policy i think the intervention in libya was a necessary because gadhafi used his own forces and bombs against his own people. but that doesn't mean that the situation is now stabilized we observe that the movement of weapons in as a whole region is linked to the consequences of the conflict in libya this helps to arm groups like. al qaeda in islamic maghreb or some of the events in mali related to what happened in libya therefore we need stabilization policies growth and development here to france has intervened to help end the gadhafi regime but the french development aid to developing countries fell from not point seven percent to not point four percent of our g.d.p. so we give weapons but we don't help the development growth and job creation and as we know if there are weapons of no jobs there will be no more instability francois hollande ambition is to focus on stabilizing the margret north africa region because it's a hot

nicolas sarkozy has 27.1%. the far right leader on a record 18%. the far left on 11.1%. now, these are the numbers from the interior ministry, so we can pretty much rely on those. now, the two candidates have to garner the support of voters for the smaller party. the far left has already promised support at fran choice hollande, and now it's up to nicolas sarkozy to woo the far right. christian fraser reminds us of last night's events as they unfolded. >> 10 presidential candidates, three months of debate, instilled into one moment of pure drama. the provisional results unveiled on primetime television last night sent the supporters of fran choice hollande into wild celebration. the response was more muted at the camp of nicolas sarkozy, but it could have been worse. the biggest shock of the night was the support for the far right. one in five french people appears to have voted for an end to the euro, close borders and protectionism. the highest score was secured for the far right in any presidential election, and her third place presents a major challenge to the two ma

. >> i don't believe nicholas sarkozy is sincere anymore. i don't think many of those that voted for me believe him or his posturing. they stopped believing in his promises. >> it remains uncertain how many far right voters will back president sarkozy. but europe and the market is watching. the german chancellor was alarmed by the influence of the far right. the favorite to wins the socialist candidate who says growth will be his priority. the jitters in the financial markets today partly reflect a concern that the political tide in europe may be turning. >> for more on the weekend's poll i spoke to the bbc's chris mohris who was in paris a short while ago. if sarkozy loses he would be the second french president to lose a bid for a second term in half a century. what has he done? >> i think he has broken many of the promises he made five years ago. one of his great slogans is if you work more, you earn more. what happened? unemployment has gone up. 350,000 industrial jobs have gone. there are a lot of angry people around. in the time after

some of the headlines around here are now taking a blow for nicolas sarkozy losing out the socialist candidate in the first round of the french presidential election the pair set the face off in the second stage in the final not seen becomes the first french new to fail to win the first round one in fifty years. new concern from u.s. soldiers over the pendants of antidepressants during service eight fold increase since two thousand five hundred thousand military personnel affected. and syrian rebels refused to dance two of coron children says to the truth eventually as a way to resolve the conflict the un has deployed three hundred unarmed observers to syria last ditch attempt to oversee a cease fire. that's the french debate under sect the first round of sunday's a presidential election we talked to a member of the socialist party a moment and keeps his views on the second stage right oftentimes not huge challenges the country is facing. today we're joined by a good law he's been a member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seven he's also been a member of th

nicolas sarkozy sorry about islam and immigration. this is a major setback for france because the see the president today finds inspiration in the program of france's far right. this is a very great step back of what we're saying is that we need to discuss the conditions of economic migration and the needs of different sectors of the french economy if we must add rules to economic immigration and we will do so we don't want to make immigration an issue used to divide and frighten the french this is a serious matter that must be treated as such and must be subject to political economic and social responses it should not be a subject used by nicolas sarkozy all the pen to win votes and raise racism in france for five years the french reality is the rights of intolerance and violence is perhaps more racist now than it was five years ago yes there is discrimination in hiring and yes there's discrimination in access to housing and yes there's discrimination in access to leisure it depends on whether you have a white face like mine and what

back in 2007, 53% of them voted for president sarkozy. back then his slogan was work more to earn more. the other side of his five years in office, this is how his critics interpret the new order -- work less, to learn less. in recent months, mr. allande has found huge sympathy around france. his success in transforming that support into votes will determine what momentum he carries into may 6's crucial second-round vote. christian fraser, bbc news, paris. >> well, i'm joined now by the hugely distinguished and famous french broadcaster journalist. lovely to have you with us. thank you very much. how do you see it? here we are, voting on sunday, last day of campaigning. >> yes, it's high time it's over, because, frankly, it's been going on and on and on. everybody complaining it's boring, and at the same time, very predictable. now, allende is obviously running pretty much ahead, but strangely enough, there's no enthusiasm. even people on his side reckon that. they say, ok, there's no enthusiasm but we're going to win. >> why? why is no o

a blow from the cause sarkozy an easy out to socialist candidate francois hollande in the first round of the french presidential election certain face off in the second stage in a fortnight so you can see becomes the first french leader to fail to win the first round more than fifty years. his new concern for u.s. soldiers over growth dependence on antidepressants during service an eight fold increase in a problem since two thousand and five and two thousand and nine affected. and syrian rebels refused to dance to a foreign troop system military intervention is the way to solve the deadly conflict the un is deploying a three hundred unarmed observers to syria last ditch attempt to put oversee a cease fire. but as the french debate on the sector the first round of sunday's presidential election we talked to a member of the socialist party and one hundred one gives his views on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges the country's facing. today we're joined by a good one he's been a member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seven he's also be

but surrogacy will need -- but sarkozy will need her base. it is a tight rope walk because the incumbent still has to sound presidential. >> of course, i want all the french people's votes. and what right and left. >> hollande will play at social justice in upcoming campaigning. -- played up social justice and an upcoming campaign. >> there are three debates before the final vote. the candidate agreed to one debate. >> for more on the impact of this election on europe in germany, we're joined by our correspondent. terry, what would a win for the socialists mean and fort angela merkel's management of the eurozone debt crisis? >> angela merkel has made it clear she supports the incumbent in this election, nicolas sarkozy. a socialist when would definitely be a disappointment for her. her spokesman on monday made it clear the chancellor would continue to support sarkozy through the runoff election may 6. but he said that she will not been making any campaign appearances with him, and most importantly, she will cooperate with whoever happens to b

when you're a friend of nicolas sarkozy always be wary. it shows the completely incoherent nature of nicolas sarkozy's foreign policy i think the intervention in libya was a necessary because gadhafi used his armed forces and bombs against his own people but that doesn't mean that the situation is now stabilized. of the movement of weapons and as a whole region is linked to the consequences of the conflict in libya this helps to arm groups like. al qaeda or an islamic magreb that in some of the events in mali related to what happened in libya therefore we need stabilization policies growth and development here two fronts as intervenes to help end the gadhafi regime but the french development they develop in countries fell from point seven percent to naught point four percent of our g.d.p. so we give weapons but we don't help the development growth and job creation and as we know if there are weapons and no jobs there will be no more instability francois hollande ambition is to focus on stabilizing the margret north africa region because it

sarkozy slips the french president falce to convince enough voters now are losing to a socialist arch rival the pair now go head to head in a second round. israel warns its peace treaty with egypt is in danger after cairo says it's trying to native a gas exports deal over payment and prices. and syria's opposition keeps the calls for military intervention despite the u.n. troops observing mission there please finding little public sympathy within the country. from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and use the now it's good to have you with us four pm here in the russian capital two pm in paris and there's a tight fight for france's top job with president sarkozy narrowly losing in the first round to his socialist rival francois hollande they now have two weeks to win over voters before the runoff polls close are silly a is across the election in the french capital. right now if you look at the numbers it is certainly neck and neck of the a difference between at the top two candidates is very small the right now it's a one point the differences so the questio

the line from moscow our top stories a blow for nicolas sarkozy losing out to socialist candidate francoise yvonne's in the first round of the french presidential election and now going to a second ballot in a fortnight. israel war and its peace deal with egypt is in jeopardy after cairo scrapped a downside export deal with its neighbor. and syrian rebels refused downstroke foreign turn insisting military intervention is no solution three hundred unarmed un observers are being signed up oversee the cease fire. was a french braid and sacked the first round of sunday's presidential election we talked to a member of the socialist party but not been won one gives his view on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges the country faces. today we're joined by a good one he's been a member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seven he's also been a member of the european parliament from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine and today he's the spokes person of the socialist party that of french presidential candidate francois hollande thank you very

when you're a friend of nicolas sarkozy always be wary. it shows a completely incoherent nature of nicolas sarkozy's foreign policy i think the intervention in libya was a necessary because gadhafi used his own forces and bombs against his own people. but that doesn't mean that the situation is now stabilized we observe that the movement of weapons or so held region is linked to the consequences of the conflict in libya this helps to one groups like i keep him that's al qaeda in islamic magreb that some of the events in mali are related to what happened in libya therefore we need stabilization policies growth and development here to france has intervened to help end the gadhafi regime but the french development aid to developing countries fell from a not point seven percent to not point four percent of our g.d.p. so we give weapons but we don't help the development growth of job creation and as we know if there are weapons and no jobs there will be no more instability francois hollande ambition is to focus on stabilizing the mud grab a nor

sarkozy is closely watched by barack obama. he faces a referendum of his handing of the economic crisis. the campaign is in full swing with six months to go. obama is lookigng to the internet to talk to supporters. we went to chicago to see the election in action. >> in obama's home city, a plan is afoot to reelect the president. the headquarters are like a call center, with people you'd expect in a high-tech startup. this is a war machine, designed to crush the enemy. they have to energize supporters with enthusiasm that's evaporated. with tendrils going to ever y state. they have the mission to build again what has been lost. >> 2008 -- the obama campaign preyed the structure -- of the campaign itself when people self-organized. now it is more professional, without the grassroots groundswell, to have what happened in 2008. >> this year, everyone is on laptops. it is a digital campaign, with twitter, facebook, and inducements to give money. maybe dinner with george clooney or the president as a raffle prize. she gave $35 and w

latest developments this is the weekly party in france presidential election front runners nicolas sarkozy and his main rival socialist francois hollande look to have reached the second round of voting in two weeks time polls suggest one on one the first round by a small margin will get live reaction from france very shortly but first test is following the voting in the french capital. and the big surprise is actually the voter turnout earlier before the actual election at the projections was that up to a third of french people will not actually go out and vote but now we're seeing eighty percent turnout and that is a big difference indeed we know from the last few weeks of the campaigns of cycles and a lot of they have been encouraging people to vote throughout all of this it's been about jobs and employment and the economy and this has been the top concern of french people as well as purchasing power which is essentially money in their pockets and this is going to be central to the campaigns of the two who make it in the second round at this point francois a lot of nicolas sarkozy will h

blow for nicolas sarkozy losing out to socialist candidate francoise alarms in the first round of the french presidential election with a pair of steps to face in the second stage in a fortnight. the left wing challenger secures more than twenty eight percent of the vote said that nicolas sarkozy's the first incumbent leader who managed to didn't manage to finish first in the first round of the presidential race will join me for more in a few moments. you know the news israel warns of peace deal with egypt is in jeopardy that's after cairo said it's scrapping against the export pact with its neighbor. and syrian rebels refused to down to a foreign true and insisting military intervention is no way to resolve the deadly conflict. live from our quarters in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now it's good to have you with us two pm here in the russian capital twelve noon in paris and nicole are star cozy and socialist challenger francois alarms will go head to head in a second round of the french presidential election that's in two weeks time well results from the

that's the policy of nicholai sarkozy. because you know, i remember when i was in washington with christian nagal, i was a member of the parliament and when lehman brothers, the crash of lehman brothers, if there's a crash of european country, it will be bad for everybody. everything in europe, everybody in the world. so we have to reduce the deficit. >> rose: the deficit. >> yes, we have to reduce it. our target is the balance in 2016. the target of francois hollande is 2017. but the difference is he wants to raise taxes. and you know. >> rose: he says he wants to tax the rich. >> yes, not only the rich. you can't reduce deficit if you tax only the receiver. if you want to reduce deficit by taxes, you have to tax everybody. that's the truth. he is lying during this campaign, francois hal hollande every time. remember moody, everybody was saying it was moody to change the credit for france. >> rose: credit rating for france. >> in fact it's not true. it's not true. you say in america it is a flip flop, flip flop. >> rose:

when sarkozy's name was mentioned that rallies, there were boos. >> nicolas sarkozy. [boos] >> many on the right feel betrayed by the president, and places like this tell you why. this is a town about 25 kilometers outside of paris. it was not difficult to find those who had voted for the far right. >> i feel france has been invaded. further out in the states, there are too many immigrants. we don't like that here. >> president sarkozy said today he did not blame those who voted for the opponent. tonight, she went on prime-time television. >> i don't believe nicolas sarkozy is sincere anymore. i don't think many of those who voted for me believe him or his posturing. they stopped believing in his promises. >> it remains uncertain how many people will now back president sarkozy. europe and the markets are watching. the favorite to win is francois hollande. he says growth will be his priority. the markets today partly reflected concern that the political tide in europe might be turning against austerity. >> gavin has more on those concerns across europe. >> it was a ver

well it's true actually i don't care much about mr sarkozy or holland at all and i think. the reason for this shows your socialist victory is more or less you know i think you could accuse mrs sarkozy for that because he's been quite bad for france and i have to say that i'm quite happy for my pen and successor front and i think it's a good thing i've had my doubts over the years when it comes to front but you know but i think that marion le pen actually has to start some kind of change within the party and i think that's good because france needs is needing a democratic you know nationalistic party and i think that the change that marie le pen has initiated within the party is very good and i think that if she continues this process and i'm quite sure that. could be a future president of france which is something good if you ask me ok entries what do you think about that i mean it's interesting i mean we look at these two candidates are going in the runoff but everyone's looking at le pen and the right and you know i'm in this is one of the reasons why i wanted to do this

well it's true actually i don't care much about mr sarkozy or hollande at all and i think. the reason for this shows your socialist victory is more or less you know i think you could accuse misako c. for that because he's been quite bad for france and i have to say that i'm quite happy for my pen and successor front and i think it's a good thing i've had my doubts over the years when it comes to front you know but i think that marion le pen actually has started some kind of change within the party and i think that's good because france needs is needing a democratic you know nationalistic party and i think that the change that has initiated within the party is very good and i think that if she continues this process i'm quite sure that. could be a future president of france which is something good if you ask me ok entries what do you think about that i mean it's interesting i mean we look at these two candidates are going in the runoff but everyone's looking at le pen and the right and you know i'm in this is one of the reasons why i wanted to do this program is the national

and sarkozy slips in the french president fails to convince enough voters not only losing to his socialist rival no go head to head in a second round. hello if you just joined us a very good evening from moscow my name's kevin oh it's ten pm here now and this is our top story middle east peace is taking another battering tonight this time as egypt terminates its twenty year gas export deal with israel both countries insist is just a business dispute but observers in israel warn it's putting a peace treaty on the line sarah ferguson carro. well the head egypt state gas company has said that this is a trade not a political issue the malaysian deal with some form of payment and as was reported the coming from egypt it seems some people in israel have interpreted that as a possible violation of the can't they the peace treaty that this side between the two countries indeed one israeli opposition figures come out and one of the crisis in relations between egypt and israel and called on the u.s. who is the sponsor of the castille between the neighboring countries to intervene and i was called to

that's the policy of nicholai sarkozy. because you know, i remember when i was in washington with christian nagal, i was a member of the parliament and when lehman brothers, the crash of lehman brothers, if there's a crash of european country, it will be bad for everybody. everything in europe, everybod in the world. so we have to reduce the deficit. >> rose: the deficit. >> yes, we have to reduce it. our target is the balance in 2016. the target of francois hollande is 2017. but the difference is he wants to raise taxes. and you know. >> rose: he says he wants to tax the ch. >> yes, not only the rich. you can't reduce deficit if you tax only the receiver. if you want to reduce deficit by taxes, you have to tax everybody. that's the truth. he is lying during this campaign, francois hal hollae every time. remember moody, everybody was saying it was moody to change the credit for france. >> rose: credit rating for france. >> in fact it's not true. it's not true. you say in america it is a flip flop, flip flop. >> rose: all r

and sarkozy slips the french president fails to convince enough voters now really losing to his socialist arch rival the head to head in a second round. hello and welcome you watching are you know it's eight pm here in moscow and our top story tonight the middle east peace is taking another battering this time as egypt terminates its twenty year gas export deal with israel both countries insist is just a business dispute good observers in israel all it's putting their peace treaty on the line sarah ferguson cairo. well the head egypt stating gas company has said that this is a trade not a political issue at the time a nation of but deal with a verse some form of payment is another false reports of the coming from egypt that it's in some people in israel have interpreted that as a possible violation of the count david peace treaty that was signed between the two countries in the one israeli opposition figures come out of one of the crisis in relations between egypt and israel and called on the us who is the sponsor of the gas deal between the neighboring countries to intervene and i was go

but again it's time for the headlines to blow for nicholas sarkozy of losing out to socialist candidate france well known in the first round of the french presidential election in the past sets of face off in the second stage in a fortnight or so to zee becomes the first french leaders of printing when the first round from him in fifty years. is new concern for u.s. soldiers over the growing dependence on antidepressants during service. eight fold increase since two thousand five hundred thousand military personnel affected. and syrian rebels refused to advance to a foreign to you insisting that military intervention is no way to resolve the deadly conflict. three hundred unarmed observers to syria to content to see a ceasefire. how is the french the bait and sets in sunday's presidential election first round we talked to a member of the socialist party for a moment and gives his view on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges the country is facing. so they were joined by a good one he's going to member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seve

sarkozy's slips the french president fails to convince enough voters now are losing to his socialist arch rival they're now go head to head in a second round. israel warns its peace treaty with egypt is in danger after cairo says it's trying to native against explore deal overpayments and the prices. and syria's opposition keeps the call for military intervention despite the un troops observing mission there please finding little public sympathy in the country . it's five pm here in moscow this is r t coming to you live from new sanaa way with our top story this hour and there's a tight fight for france's top job with president sarkozy narrow losing the first round to his socialist rival francois hollande they've now got two weeks to win over voters before the runoff poll artie's tests are silly as across the election in paris. right now if you look at the numbers it is certainly neck and neck of the a difference between of the top two candidates is very small that right now it's a one appointed differences so the question that people be asking is which way will the voters who had vo

a blow from the curse sarkozy losing out to a socialist candidate. in the first round of the french presidential election set to face off in the second stage in a fortnight. pull out point challenger secures more than twenty eight percent of the vote so with sarkozy becoming the first incumbent meter to fail to take the lead in the first round of the presidential race in over fifty years join me for more in a few moments. being happy pills to forget the horrors of war new concerns of u.s. soldiers over dependence on seventy's and the presence of. syrian rebels refused to guards to foreign children system but the truth eventually is no way to resolve the deadly conflict. broke lasting live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is r.t. i'm kerry just the top story nicolas sarkozy and socialist challenger runs all along and will go head to head in the second round of the french presidential election in two weeks' time their final results on the first round show that one twenty eight point six percent of the vote against sarkozy's twenty seven is the

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francois hollande has inched ahead of sarkozy. final round of voting concludes in two weeks side before stef e stefane. >> the big sur surprise came 18% of the votes to the extreme right, sarkozy claims that he'll not negotiate anything but crucial for him to convince more extreme right voters to supts him in the second round because for the time being, according to a survey, only 60% of the extreme right voters will vote sarkozy in the second round of the election. as a result, the social list leader would win the election with 54% of the votes according to a survey. what does it mean for the french economy, should the bankers be worried? we'll discuss the outlook with the bureau chief of the economies in paris and she will be with us in the program in 20 picture ins time. stay with us. ross, back to you. >> plenty to talk to you as far as that is concerned. politics dominating in the netherlands. mark ritter will hold a cabinet meet to go try to hammer out a deal. it this is after weekend talks collapsed. carol in-is in the neth

sarkozy, i say. bon jour, mr. saar koez where i. mr. president, says he, dismissing any prospect of further conversation. how do you say faux pas in french? here's the thing. the president of france is a very big deal, indeed. sort of like the queen of england and prime minister all rolled into one. >> he has much more power than the president of the united states. he is at the same time the single of power like the queen of england and the reality of power like the prime minister of england. >> reporter: dominique, an expert on french government, explained that when nicolas sarkozy is making a campaign appearance, as he was on this occasion, he can be addressed like any other candidate. here, listen to these french interviewers. it's a political program, part of the campaign. they don't call him mr. president. a position i tried unsuccessfully to explain when the president re-emerged. >> before i addressed you as mr. sarkozy because my french colleagues told me that when you are here -- >> it's not still president? >> no, no -- >> i am

a blow for nicolas sarkozy losing out the socialist candidate francoise hollande in the first round of the french presidential election the pair said to face off in the second stage in the for. the left wing challenger secures more than twenty percent of the votes and nicolas sarkozy becomes the first incumbent leader who failed to win a hand in the first round of the presidential race in over fifty years will join me for more on that in a few moments. in other news israel warns of peace deal with egypt is in jeopardy after cairo said it's scrapping against export pact with its neighbor. and syrian rebels refuse to dance to a foreign tune insisting military intervention is no way to resolve the deadly conflict. is three pm here in moscow this is r t coming to you live from new sanaa way with our top story and nicolas sarkozy and socialist challenger launch will go head to head in a second round of the french presidential election in two weeks time results from the first round so obama won twenty eight point six percent of the vote against sarkozy's twenty seven is the first time a fren

a familiar combination and may cause french president nicolas sarkozy his job. when he we come back, french voters face the socialist cliff. will they today, we stand against the tyranny of single mile credirds. battle speech right? may i? [ horse neighs ] or too long, people have settled for single miles. with the capital one venture card, you'll earn doubleiles on every purchase, every day! [ visigoths cheer ] hawaii, here we come. [ alec ] so sign up day for a venture card at capitalone.com. and start earning double. [ all ] double miles! [ brays ] what's in your wallet? can you play games on that? not on the runway. no. >> a struggling economy and high unemployment led nicolas sarkozy to a second place finish in the first round of voting in france's presidential election on sunday. mr. sarkozy is the first incumbent french president to lose a vote in the modern era. finishing behind francois hollande. and joining us with more, matt, what difference will it make if france elects a socialist as president? >> i think the markets will tumble on the promised to t

when sarkozy name was mentioned at rallies, there were boos in the hall. >> nicholas sarkozy, yeah. [boos] >> many on the right feel betrayed by the president, and places like this tell you why. >> this is about 200 kilometers outside of paris. >> it was not difficult to find those who had voted for the far right. >> i feel france has been invaded. it is a good town, but further out in the states there are too many immigrants. we do not like that here. >> president sarkozy said today he did not blame those who voted for his conservative competitor. tonight, she went on prime-time television. >> i do not believe nicholas sarkozy is sincere anymore. i do not think any of those who voted for me believe him or his posturing. they have stopped believing in his promises. but it remains uncertain how many far-right voters will now back pres. sarkozy. but europe and the markets are watching. the german chancellor said she was alarmed by the influence of the far right. the favorite to win is the socialist candidate. he says that growth is his priority. the jitters in the financial markets to