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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, the UMP party candidate ...
Feb 16th, 2012
(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, the UMP party candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, visits a cheese factory in Vallieres in the French Alps February 16, 2012. Sarkozy declared his candidacy for a second term on Wednesday, seeking to overturn a wide opinion poll deficit with promises to get the unemployed back to work and to listen more to French voters. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS FOOD ELECTIONS) -
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