Sarkozy's party lags in local elections
French leftists and the resurgent far right enjoyed strong showings in local elections Sunday that left President Nicolas Sarkozy's governing conservatives struggling to maintain prominence.
Sarkozy's role in launching the international military intervention in Libya on the eve of the voting did not immediately appear to have swayed the outcome of the voting in France's cantons.
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