Will Paris succumb to Sarkozy's 'Blue Wave'?

June 14, 2007

One of the most closely watched battles in France's legislative race is for a seat in the east of Paris, where lawyer Arno Klarsfeld, a photogenic public figure and personal friend of the president's, faces a Socialist rival. The constituency, traditionally a right-wing district, could be a litmus test to see whether the capital will succumb to the "blue wave" of Nicolas Sarkozy's party. A report on the campaign trail.