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概述：法国总统选举下周将投票，萨科奇遭遇劲敌社会党候选人奥朗德，这一次萨科奇是否能凭借个人魅力入主爱丽舍宫？
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Nicolas Sarkozy
Socialist
François Hollande
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Emma Jane Kirby
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校对：jushua
翻译&注释：baizhixian
答疑：lsy34Europe's financial storms have been picking up again after a spell of calmer weather just as one of its largest economies France is about to hold the first round of presidential elections. The current President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Socialist rival François Hollande are in the final stretch of campaigning. And economic troubles have shaped much of Mr Sarkozy's fast last five years in power. At first he had plans for reforms meant to make France into a more flexible and business-friendly economy, but the global financial crisis and then the eurozone sovereign debt crisis got in the way. Plus mighty France was humbled by losing the AAA credit rating for its government bonds. Where does this leave Mr Sarkozy, who's been described variously as France's most hated president and its boldest? Reporting from Paris, here's the BBC's Emma Jane Kirby.
Nicolas Sarkozy may remember that day in May five years ago when he was elected president of the French Republic. There's a sense that the rest of France can't quite forget it. He's had the worst popularity ratings of any head of state in French history, and yet he continues to attract more media attention and fascination than any of his predecessors.在欧洲最大的经济体之一的法国将要举行首轮总统选举之际，原本声势渐缓的欧洲金融风暴再度风起云涌。现任法国总统尼古拉斯•萨科奇(Nicolas Sarkozy)和他的竞选对手，社会党总统候选人弗朗索瓦•奥朗德(François Hollande)正处于竞选的最后冲刺阶段。萨科奇这五年仓促的执政生涯饱受经济问题的影响。起初，他欲通过改革将法国打造成一个更灵活及商业友好的经济体，但全球金融危机和欧元区主权债务危机挡了道(/让这一愿望落了空)。再加上强大的法国因为政府债券问题丧失了AAA主权信用评级而踌躇不前。所有这些会让被称为最令人讨厌、最大胆的总统萨科奇先生何去何从呢? 来看BBC记者艾玛•简•柯比(Emma Jane Kirby)从巴黎发回的报道。
    萨科奇或许记得五年前五月份他被选为法兰西共和国总统的那天。有一种感觉，全法国都难以忘怀。他拥有法国总统选举史上最低的支持率，但是，他比他的任何一位前任都更有魅力，并将继续吸引更多媒体的关注。