Hollande Victory in France Would Rattle Europe: Magnus

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Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- If, as opinion polls suggest, theFrench Socialist Party’s presidential candidate, FrancoisHollande, ousts Nicolas Sarkozy in elections this spring, theeuro area may be in for a new wave of instability with far-reaching consequences for financial markets and the euro systemitself.