Nicolas Sarkozy: Socialist Francois Hollande

Sarkozy Dept: The probability after the first round of French presidential elections on Sunday that Merkel's co-pilot in the drive to save the euro through austerity measures, Nicolas Sarkozy, will not get re-elected in the run-off vote on May 6 is only one of the grim prospects of the last few days, according to Vancouver Sun. The likely winner of the French presidency if Sarkozy cannot push his campaign into overdrive, Socialist Francois Hollande, is no fan of austerity to attack unsupportable debt and german Chancellor Angela Merkel is looking increasingly alone in the battle to save Europe's common currency, the euro, as allies and supporters drop around her. Even though there has seldom been any evident personal chemistry between Merkel and Sarkozy, both have been loyal to the conviction that a firm Franco-German, "Merkozy" partnership is essential to the survival of the euro zone in which 17 of the European Union's 27 members use the common currency. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.