Sarkozy Opens Campaign Calling Hollande Liar; Pledges Referendum

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President Nicolas Sarkozy, holding his first election campaign rally, accused Socialist candidate Francois Hollande of lying, and pledged to give the French a greater say in decisions affecting their lives with referendums.

“When you tell the English press that you are for free-markets, and then tell the French your enemy is finance, you are lying to the French,” Sarkozy said last night at a rally in the Alpine town of Annecy.