Sarkozy seeks far-right votes to win a second term in office

“The National Front voters need to be respected; it is a vote of suffering and crisis; why insult them because of it? I am telling the National Front voters, I have heard you.” French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the media outlets, addressing Marine Le Pen’s National Front supporters.

According to analysts, Sarkozy needs to get support of at least 80 percent of National Front voters to switch sides in his favor, while only 44 percent of them have announced their readiness to do that.

Meanwhile, the French presidential frontrunner, Socialist Francois Hollande, believes that the reason behind some voters’ decision to vote for far-right candidates is their anger towards Sarkozy.

Both Sarkozy and his Socialist challenger are eying more than six million voters who picked the National Front party candidate Le Pen in the first round.

Hollande has revealed his plans to address the European leaders to fight for Eurobonds, a Eurozone financial transaction tax and renegotiating the EU debt treaty to add growth imperatives, his first day in office, if elected as the new French president.

Hollande now leads the polls by 10 points ahead of Sarkozy, which according to analysts is due to Sarkozy’s tremendous unpopularity he gained during his first term in office.

According to analysts the gross unpopularity Sarkozy gained during his first term in office has contributed to Hollande’s leading the polls by 10 points.

The second round of the 2012 French presidential election is due to be held on May 6th, 2012.