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French intellectuals abandon Royal at critical juncture in presidential race - ANGELA DOLAND
One by one, several French writers and intellectuals are making the startling confessions. After decades as committed leftists, they are defecting to the right -- many saying they've lost faith in Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal.
With just 10 weeks to go until the election's first round, Royal still has no platform. She has made gaffes on international affairs, and her popularity with intellectuals and ordinary voters alike has slipped, leaving conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy at the top of the polls. Royal, 53, will take a big gamble Sunday in unveiling, at last, some of her plans for France in a platform speech that will be judged by especially tough standards because she has waited so long to make it.
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