A Royal grilling

February 20, 2007

French Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal is in a tight spot. Opinion polls show her trailing her right-wing rival Nicolas Sarkozy by up to 10 percentage points. In a bid to woo back voters, Royal appeared in front of a panel of 100 ordinary citizens for a two-hour answer-and-question session. A voiced report on her fightback. (c) 2006 AFP