French presidential election 2012

The socialist Francois Hollande, who won the first round of French presidential election, and President Nicolas Sarkozy, who finished second, the winks Monday multiplied the right-wing voters, key in the second round on May 6. Hollande Sunday was 28.63% of the vote, Sarkozy a 27.18% and Marine Le Pen, the far-right National Front (FN), 17.9%, a record for this match. The abstention rate was 20.53%. In his first rally after the first round, Sarkozy showed Monday conciliatory to the voters of Marine Le Pen, saying that "we have heard. How we will respond with precise commitments." Returning to the attacks of Marine Le Pen against globalization, Sarkozy called the French "do not want borders that let all" or "want me to remove their lifestyle." "We want a Europe that protects us, not a Europe that crush us," he added. Hollande, the favorite for the second round according to polls, and gained the support of radical leftist candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon (11.1%) and the environmentalist Eva Joly (2.31%). Surveys carried out on Sunday night show that about two thirds of Le Pen voters are willing to vote for Sarkozy, who need a "transfer (of votes) of 80%," according to analyst Pascal Perrineau.