Sarkozy’s party faces Socialist drubbing

Mar 13, 2010 English 1st Paragraph

“There’s a big problem in France,” grumbled President Nicolas Sarkozy on a visit to eastern France this week. “The mixing up of issues all the time.” The French leader was referring to this Sunday’s regional election, the first of two rounds of voting. The ballot is meant to be about regional issues such as local transport provision and economic initiatives. But with unemployment now soaring above 10% and the president’s popularity ratings sinking to just 36%, voters are bound to use this opportunity to punish the central government…

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faces socialist drubbing: is going to be seriously defeated by the Socialist Party.

with unemployment now soaring: with unemployment now at a very high level