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Francois Hollande: France

Presidential Candidate Dept: HIRSON, France - Francois Hollande reached out Tuesday to millions of supporters of a far-right candidate who have become pivotal in France's presidential race, insisting he hears their "anxiety" and "anger" over high joblessness amid bleak economic prospects in many parts of Europe, according to Winnipeg Free Press. On Tuesday, Hollande exposed his strategy of hammering away on concerns about the economy and Sarkozy's stewardship of it and jobs, which polls show are at atop most voters' minds and socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande, center, addresses reporters as he campaigns for the second round of the French presidential elections, as he alights from a train in Laon, eastern France, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere The 57-year-old Socialist is leading conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy in polls ahead of the May 6 election finale that will determine the next leader of a nuclear-armed nation at the heart of the European Union. Their chase is on for some of the 6.4 million French many working-class and rural who voted for anti-immigration candidate Marine Le Pen in Sunday's first-round vote. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.