Ségolène Royal delivering a speech in Besançon (Franche-Comté) on April 12, 2007 In a radio address today on Radio J, Ségolène Royal, presidential candidate for the  of France, outlined her campaign platform of fairness, order and inclusiveness. Potentially the first female , Royal dismissed attacks on her record and credibility as sexist and called the policies of right-wing candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, of the  , harsh and divisive. Royal also addressed calls from within her own camp to form an alliance with centrist candidate, of the  , who has been running near even with her in polls. "Bayrou is a respectable personality, but he has no program and no team. Millions of French would feel cheated if the second round deprived them of a real choice."
Ségolène Royal delivering a speech in Besançon (Franche-Comté) on April 12, 2007 In a radio address today on Radio J, Ségolène Royal, presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of France, outlined her campaign platform of fairness, order and inclusiveness. Potentially the first female , Royal dismissed attacks on her record and credibility as sexist and called the policies of right-wing candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, of the Union for a Popular Movement , harsh and divisive. Royal also addressed calls from within her own camp to form an alliance with centrist candidate, François Bayrou of the Union for French Democracy , who has been running near even with her in polls. "Bayrou is a respectable personality, but he has no program and no team. Millions of French would feel cheated if the second round deprived them of a real choice."
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Socialist Party
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Union for a Popular Movement
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of the Union for French Democracy