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PARIS (Reuters) He is rousing crowds at campaign rallies with fiery speeches warning of the dangers of immigration while losing ground in opinion polls Nicolas Sarkozy law and order platform pleases core supporters but is backfiring with French voters.
Canada Goose Parka Nicolas Sarkozy, former head of the Les Republicains political party, attends a political rally in Reichstett, near Strasbourg, France, as he campaigns for the uk canada goose outlet French conservative presidential primary, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File photo
canada goose clearance The combative former president began buy canada goose jacket cheap a re election bid in late August, stealing much of the limelight canada goose uk outlet from rivals as he tapped into voters concerns over Islamist attacks and Europe refugee crisis.
Six weeks Canada Goose sale later, and with Canada Goose Online six weeks to go before the primaries that will decide canada goose clearance sale who gets the conservatives ticket for the April 2017 presidential election, opinion polls show him losing support with voters overall and among supporters of his Les Republicains party.
Canada Goose sale paradoxical because his strategy of veering to the right is in line with how French society is Canada Goose online evolving and it should canada goose factory sale work, but it doesn said Francois Miquet Marty of Viavoice pollsters.
There are two main reasons. One is the law and order strategy itself, which alienates moderates without necessarily convincing hardliners tempted by far right National Front (FN) chief Marine Le Pen. The other is the 61 year old canadian goose jacket abrasive personality, the fact that he has been in power before and the judicial investigations targeting him.
French presidential candidates often first adopt partisan positions aimed at binding canada goose uk shop in grass roots supporters before moving to Canada Goose Coats On Sale more middle of the road positions later on. But several polls show this time Sarkozy is losing ground even among party sympathizers, who favor the more moderate former prime minister Alain Juppe.
NOT THE FN is at risk of losing on both fronts: on one side by strengthening his main opponent in the primaries (Juppe) who is perceived as more moderate, and on the other with a huge credibility issue, said political analyst Jean Yves Camus.
canada goose black friday sale discourse is getting close to that of the FN but it like Canada Dry: although the taste is similar, voters know it not the same. And all the more so because Sarkozy used to be in power why would he uk canada goose do now what he didn do before?
Security and warnings that France identity is under threat are at the heart of Sarkozy campaign, issues at the forefront of French politics after a series of Islamist militant canada goose coats on sale attacks that have killed more than 200 people since January 2015 and rising concerns about mass immigration as people flee war and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa.
buy canada goose jacket Sarkozy campaign pledges include locking up all those www.canadagooseoutletstore.co.uk signaled by canada goose clearance intelligence services as posing a possible threat, suspending the right of migrants to have their families join them and scrapping medical aid for illegal immigrants.
buy canada goose jacket https://www.canadagooseoutletstore.co.uk cheap Many of his proposals canada goose coats echo those of Le Pen, whose speeches also focus on security and French identity. Sarkozy seized on a heated debate on the full body burkini swimwear this summer to propose a national ban, something only the FN also called for.
canada goose store There are differences. The FN would scrap migrant family reunification while Sarkozy would suspend it while European Canada Goose Parka Union open border agreements are re negotiated. Sarkozy does not propose leaving the euro zone and does not support the FN canada goose uk black friday preference policy of reserving many rights for the French.
canadian goose jacket Nicolas Sarkozy, former head of the Les Republicains political party, attends a Les Republicains (LR) public meeting in Les Sables d France, October 1, 2016. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File photo
Canada Goose online But his proposals have brought him the cheap canada goose uk poisoned chalice of being praised by FN founder Jean Marie Le Pen, at odds with his daughter Marine, whom he says is too moderate.
is occupying the ground that Marine Le Pen is leaving as she veers towards the center, Le Pen senior told Le Parisien daily.
POLARIZING Sarkozy camp say they are nothing like the FN, but stress the law and order line chimes with voters concerns.
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French want us to speak about those issues. For too long the Right has avoided canada goose store them and left the field to the FN, said Daniel Fasquelle, a lawmaker close to Sarkozy.
But buy canada goose jacket opinion polls show Juppe remains favorite to win the primary, and the presidential election, while Canada Goose Outlet Sarkozy has lost ground.
President in 2007 2012 before losing a first re election bid to Socialist President Francois Hollande, Sarkozy mocks the canada goose black friday sale soft spoken Juppe plan to target centrists and left wingers disappointed with Hollande, and to build a identity for France.
canada goose coats Much will depend on turnout in the two round Nov 20/27 primaries. A low turnout in which only core party members turn up is seen favoring Sarkozy.
cheap Canada Goose But Juppe benefits from the fact that, for the first time, anyone willing to pay 2 euros and sign a document saying they share the values of the right and center can canada goose take part in the primaries, widening the constituency.
canada goose deals Scores of left wing voters are telling pollsters they could take part to block Sarkozy, but the impact of this is hard to gauge, given this is the first time the primaries have taken place under those rules.
Canada Goose Outlet Hollande is deeply unpopular and opposition to Le Pen still strong so the winner of the conservative primaries has a strong chance of becoming France next president.
canada goose clearance sale Sarkozy has another Canada Goose Jackets problem. A string of judicial investigations, including on cheap Canada Goose financing of his previous election bids, are also dogging his campaign. He denies any wrongdoing.
canada goose coats on sale capacity to be in tune with voters concerns is damaged by those cases, Miquet Marty said. matter how polarizing his increasingly right wing line is, he could otherwise have built momentum on it.
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