
By Brian Love TULLE, France | Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:06am EDT TULLE, France (Reuters) - It's not an introduction you'd expect from a presidential contender. Last, month when French socialist candidate Francois Hollande stepped off a train on a visit to London, he did so with the words "I am not dangerous." The bespectacled 57-year old, who is running against President Nicolas Sarkozy, is barely known outside France. Even at home he was long best known as the supportive partner of fellow Socialist politician Segolene Royal. Now, though, opinion polls put him ahead of Sarkozy, a centre-rightist, in the election whose first round will be held on April 22.For many in financial markets, in both France and Europe, that's a worry. They see Hollande's ...
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