"My" newspaper, Hufvudstadsbladet (the largest Swedish-language daily in Finland, based in Helsinki) seem to only be interested in the French presidential elections when there's a hint of a scandal. Royal's verbal "gaffes" and...uh..."Bruno Rebellegate" made it into the papers. They also did an article on Bayrou, but I seem to recall the focus being on the competition aspect of the campaign rather than on the issues. The editorial line is rather economically liberal.

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