BERLIN — The eurozone’s conservative leaders are bracing themselves as France, an economic giant, prepares to elect a Socialist amid their efforts to impose austerity measures to stanch Europe’s fiscal crisis.
Socialist candidate Francois Hollande’s election would “create a strong shock and a lot of turmoil in Brussels and in Berlin,” said Philippe Moreau-Defarges, a political scientist at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris.
Economic turmoil feared if Socialist ousts French leader Sarkozy - Washington Times



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