A spokeswoman for Jean Sarkozy said on Monday that he didn't want to comment on the controversy.

让•萨科齐的发言人周一说，他不愿就这一争议问题发表评论。

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More than 50, 000 people have added their names to an online petition urging Jean Sarkozy to drop out as a candidate for the job.

已有五万多人在网上签名请愿，要求让·萨科奇放弃竞选该职位。

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Jean Sarkozy, 23, who has yet to finish a law degree, is tipped to be chairman of the public agency running la defense, one of Europe's biggest business districts, in Paris.

23岁的让·萨科奇还在攻读法律学位。据小道消息称，他将执掌位于巴黎的欧洲最大商业区拉德芳斯(La defense)的公共机构。

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Earlier this month Jean-Francois Cope, parliamentary floor leader of Mr.Sarkozy's ruling UMP party, introduced draft legislation to ban the face-veil.

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But the rest of the interview would not make happy listening for President Sarkozy - or Jean- Claude Trichet.

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So sensitive is the matter that Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the French prime minister, and Nicolas Sarkozy, his finance minister, postponed a meeting on industrial policy this week with their German counterparts.

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In reality, Mr. Van Rompuy huddled that morning in his office on the fifth floor of the EU's summit building with a few key leaders including Ms. Merkel, Mr. Sarkozy and the head of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet.

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