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John Gaffney, Co-Director of the Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University

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Marc Perelman meets John Gaffney, author of "Political Leadership in France: from Charles de Gaulle to Nicolas Sarkozy". The book looks at how the presidency functions in France under the Fifth Republic. John Gaffney explains how Nicolas Sarkozy is different from his predecessors, and gives us his opinion on whether he can be re-elected.

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