In the French presidential elections, François Hollande, the Socialist candidate, who advocates a 75 per cent marginal tax rate, is clearly on the left. But he has been threatened by an opponent further to the left: Jean-Luc Mélenchon, an ex-Trotskyite who has pledged to end globalisation and who trades on suspicions that Mr Hollande, like François Mitterrand before him, will renege on his commitments. Nicolas Sarkozy, the sitting president, often gives the impression that he will say anything to retain office. Nevertheless, he can without abuse of language be described as to the right of these particular contenders.
在法国总统大选中，社会党候选人弗朗索瓦•奥朗德(François Hollande)主张征收75%的边际税率，他无疑是一名左翼人士。但一位观点更加偏左的对手对他构成了威胁，此人就是让-吕克•梅朗雄(Jean-Luc Mélenchon)。这位前托洛斯基派誓言要终结manbetx app苹果 化，他还利用奥朗德受到的猜疑大做文章——人们怀疑奥朗德会像此前的弗朗索瓦•密特朗(François Mitterrand)一样，出尔反尔。现任总统尼古拉•萨科齐(Nicolas Sarkozy)给人的印象通常是，为了获得连任，什么样的话他都说得出。但毫不夸张的说，相对于上面提到的这些竞争者而言，萨科齐算是一名右翼人士。