A ‘First Spouse’ in France? Not Any Time Soon

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ms royal would not make it to the gate in the US. shameful, simply shameful!!

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April 27, 2007
A ‘First Spouse’ in France? Not Any Time Soon
By ELAINE SCIOLINO

PARIS, April 26

Both presidential candidates are members of unconventional couples.

Ségolène Royal, the Socialist Party candidate, is not married to the father of her four children, François Hollande. But more than that, they are political rivals. As head of the Socialist Party, he was nearly the candidate himself, and says he will try to run in 2012 if Ms. Royal loses this time.
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Cécilia Sarkozy, 49, the wife of the front-runner and conservative candidate, Nicolas Sarkozy, has been largely absent from the campaign. Asked how she envisioned her life in 10 years, she replied, “In the United States, jogging in Central Park.”

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