First round of voting from the French presidential election, 17 days left to seek re-election of French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on the 5th election manifesto, warning voters to either vote to give him to help the French government to implement spending cuts program, or waiting for France, like Greece and Spain, as a sovereign debt crisis.
Historical choice
Sarkozy said that France is facing a historic choice, voters can either choose his fiscal austerity, or select the uncontrolled fiscal spending.
Some European countries now under edge of the cliff, “Sarkozy warned that if he were allowed to continue to lead France, France will restore competitiveness, creativity, and to re-usher in investment and tight fiscal spending.
He criticized his main rival, the Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande promised a series of fiscal expenditure unrealistic, “who do not know the money comes from, as if the whole world does not exist, the European exist (euro zone sovereign debt) crisis does not exist.
Our Spanish friends are experiencing, as well as Greek friends have experienced, to remind us of this reality. Socialists came to power after seven years to see what Spain, “Sarkozy said.
The Hollande previously promised, if elected, will create 60,000 jobs in the field of education, re-examine the Sarkozy government pensioners aged from 60 to 62-year-old decision made in 2010.
Austerity
Sarkozy said that he had printed millions of copies of “To the Frenchman’s letter”, introduced after he was re-elected the President’s intention to implement a series of policies.
Sarkozy plans to the sales tax increased from 19.6% to 21.2%, the reform of the vocational training system, thorough investigation of overseas tax evasion, the referendum decided to unemployment benefits and illegal immigration and other controversial issues.
He stressed that a balanced budget in France in 2016.
“I want to say that France must achieve a balanced budget in 2016. I will be driven in the summer of 2012 (parliament) vote, the bill passed.”
Sarkozy promised that France will require the EU to freeze-sharing amount for France in its budget. This decision will be an annual average save about 600 million euros (about $ 790 million) in expenses for the French.
Security “points”
Southern France, a series of shootings shocked the French public. The gunmen Algeria American youth, Muhammad · Meila He killed by the police, Sarkozy promised to crack down on religious extremists.
French police raid on the 4th of this month and arrested 10 suspected of religious extremism. This is the second similar action in the past week of the French police. On the 30th of last month, the police take action against terrorism, the arrest of 19 suspected religious extremists. The prosecutors said, 13 of whom will be prosecuted.
Performance benefit from the deal with security matters, Sarkozy is to narrow the gap with Hollande. French CSA opinion poll released on the 5th, opinion polls show that, in the April 22 first round of voting, Sarkozy will receive the support rate of 30%, and Hollande backward by one percentage point. However, when two men entered the second round of voting, Hollande will receive 54% of the vote, Sarkozy received 46% support rate.
In addition, the support of voters in Hollande, 59 percent said they are willing to choose “In addition to any candidate other than Sarkozy.
Some people have accused the Sarkozy government by the “strike hard” and “show”.
Centrist candidate Francois Bayrou said: “empower the police to the judiciary to carry out such action, (in fact) should not be in my opinion, this is a pre-planned to a good campaign. Security and staged arrangements repertoire is not the same thing. “