FRANCE'S presidential rivals scrambled yesterday to seduce nearly one-fifth of the electorate who voted for far-right anti-immigration crusader Marine Le Pen, voicing sympathy for voters' distress in the economic crisis.
Conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy, fighting for his political life after being beaten into second place in Sunday's first round, told a public rally: "I want to talk to the little people, to the foot soldiers, to people in the countryside, to pensioners," saying the National Front leader had drawn a "crisis vote" in "the part of France that is suffering".
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