French election: Centrist Bayrou backs Francois Hollande
11:59 . 04/05
Centrist leader Francois Bayrou has announced his support for
Socialist candidate Francois Hollande in Sunday’s presidential
election, BBC informs.
Mr Bayrou came fifth in the first round of voting, taking 9.1% of the vote.
If his supporters join him in voting for Mr Hollande, it would deal a
significant blow to Nicholas Sarkozy’s chances for re-election,
especially when the opinion polls show that the socialist candidate is
ahead Nikolas Sarkozy.
Front National candidate Marine Le Pen, who was the third in the first
round, has already said she will support neither Mr Sarkozy, nor his
rival in the second round. It was expected that she might support
Sarkozy, passing him the 18% of votes she got.
Today, it is the last day of the election campaign in France. Tomorrow
it is a day of silence here and after the end of the May 6
presidential elections France’s future president will become known.
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