Sarkozy: Campaign Rally

www.immigrantscanada.comNicolas Sarkozy Dept: The conservative leader is expected to declare his candidacy on prime time television Wednesday evening and hold his first campaign rally on Thursday in the Alpine town of Annecy, where his ruling UMP party expects a deluge of supporters, according to Montreal Gazette. While opinion polls show Hollande 15 points ahead of Sarkozy in the May 6 run-off, the president's camp is betting that he can narrow the gap before the April 22 first round and nicolas Sarkozy is set to formally enter France's 2012 presidential race on Wednesday, kicking off a rapid-fire re-election campaign with the odds stacked in favour of Socialist challenger Fran ois Hollande. Sarkozy, who gave nothing away as he addressed workers at a solar power company on Tuesday, is set to flesh out his campaign platform in a keynote speech to an audience of several thousand in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille on Sunday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news. www.immigrantscanada.com    .  .