Sarkozy to quit politics if he loses re-election bid

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Sarkozy to quit politics if he loses re-election bid

REUTERS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he would fight with everything he has to win a second term but will bow out of politics if he loses an April-May election.

Sarkozy, who is badly lagging Socialist challenger Francois Hollande in opinion polls six weeks before the first round of voting, said Hollande’s lack of ministerial or international experience was a problem at a time of economic turmoil.

“I worry when I look at the Socialist candidate’s programme … and I worry about this dearth of experience in such a troubled period. But if the French people do not put their faith in me, do you really think I would carry on in politics? The answer is no,” Sarkozy told RMC radio.

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