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Taxes, Education: Left-right divide makes a comeback

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Who said the old right/left divide had vanished? This week, it was on full display as the two main rivals for the French presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, squared off over education and taxing the rich.

FACE-OFF

On the set:

  • Jean-Marc GONIN, Senior Writer, Le Figaro Magazine;
  • Philip TURLE, Journalist, RFI.
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