05-04-2007, 02:20 AM
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We have two days left to say goodbye to the heritage of '68"
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French poll rivals in final push
Most voters have made up their minds, correspondents say
The candidates in the French presidential election are entering a final day of campaigning ahead of Sunday's vote.
Socialist Segolene Royal will be at a meeting in Brittany, in the west, while conservative Nicolas Sarkozy visits a war memorial in the Alpine region.
The latest opinion polls suggest Mr Sarkozy has extended his lead after Wednesday's televised debate.
Campaigning ends on Friday as voting in some overseas regions is on Saturday.
The BBC's Caroline Wyatt, in Montpellier, says most French voters have now made up their minds with only 10% still undecided.
She says that although Mr Sarkozy may be a deeply divisive figure, few doubt his competence or ability to get things done.
Segolene Royal has fought hard over the past few days to make up lost ground, our correspondent says, but faced with a choice between left and right, most are planning to choose the path of reform laid out by Mr Sarkozy.
'Betrayal'
The final day of campaigning is expected to be low-key.
Ms Royal will be hoping to win over any floating voters with two open-air rallies in Brittany.
Mr Sarkozy travels to the Alps to attend a ceremony paying respect the resistance fighters of World War II.
He will be buoyed by the latest opinion poll on Friday by TNS Sofres for Le Figaro.
It shows him nine percentage points ahead of Ms Royal, up 2.5 points on a previous poll by the same organisation.
Both candidates held their final big rallies on Thursday, Ms Royal in Lille in the north and Mr Sarkozy at the other end of the country in Montpellier.
Mr Sarkozy returned to his theme of the "betrayal" of France by socialists inspired by the 1968 student protests.
"We have two days left to say goodbye to the heritage of '68," Mr Sarkozy said.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6622929.stm
Socialism is starting to die out in Europe....which is good..especially for France whichhas been a mess economically and socially now for 40 years.
For all you USA haters in the USA(since most of them live in the USA-odd but true) Sarkozy likes the USA and wants to move France closer to it..and so does Merkel in Germany.
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