Sarkozy rules out deal with far right afer insisting far-right supporters should not be demonised. Sarkozy is desperate for the 18% of the voters that Marine Le Pen captured in Sundays first round of voting.  He wants to “defend the French way of life” , but “not feel I have to hold my nose” to do so.

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