法大選第一輪奧朗德在蒂勒投票

【新唐人2012年4月23日訊】星期天法國總統大選正在進行第一輪投票，民調領先的社會黨領導人奧朗德在自己的“大本營”蒂勒市(Tulle)投下一票。前來投票站的奧朗德和民眾打著招呼，他曾在這裡擔任過市長。

在整個歐洲仍在金融危機中掙扎的局面下，奧朗德表示這次選舉是最近歷史上最重要的一次。

奧朗德：“這次的法國大選，對共和國總統的選擇，不僅是一個國家的大選。這次的大選將影響到歐洲的走向。”

奧朗德的競選承諾是在2017年之前消除法國的赤字，而部分辦法是通過向富人多徵稅。

目前的民調顯示奧朗德和薩爾科齊將進入5月6日的第二輪總統決選，而奧朗德在決選中的民意支持大幅領先薩爾科齊。

新唐人記者李清綜合報導。

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Francois Hollande, the front-runner in France's presidential election, greets crowds in his hometown of Tulle.

The Socialist leader is vying to unseat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy as people across France head to polls today.

As Europe struggles through a financial crisis, he said the vote is among the most important in recent history.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE SOCIALIST PARTY FRANCOIS HOLLANDE SAYING:"This French election, the choice for the next president of the Republic, is not only a national election. This is an election that will influence the course of Europe."

Hollande has promised to eliminate France's deficit by 2017, in part by raising taxes on the rich.

He is trying to become France's first left wing president since Francois Mitterand, who came to office in 1981.

Opinion polls show him leading the race, with Sarkozy a distant

second. If that holds, the two would face off in a second round of voting next month.

Andrew Raven, Reuters