19 April 2012 Updated at 19:40 ET
Nicolas Sarkozy: Why is the French president so disliked?
Hugh Schofield
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If President Nicolas Sarkozy fails to win a second term, as many polls are predicting ahead of Sunday's first round of voting, perhaps the biggest factor will be the personal loathing that he elicits in so many of the French. What's behind it?
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