Would not you expect him to support the police, being their boss? As I said, his policies are hard-line, but I really do not think they threaten democracy (which the accusation of fascism implies).
Do you really think France was not a democracy for the past 5 years or will cease to be one if he is elected? 'La fin désastreuse a répondu aux moyens indignes' Germain Tillion
Chirac was sometimes very right wing, but his historic clientele was the peasantry... His support for the PAC might have hurt the EU, but not that badly.
Whereas Sarkozy, with the police as his clientele, is letting it develop some very bad habits, such as unpunished bavures in the projects, random violent arrests of people with a darker-skin... His policies undermining the separation of the judicary and executive branches do undermine democracy.
I'm not going to claim Sarkozy would suppress free speech for the left wing, but the Berlusconian way in which he treats the press and the press treats him had not been seen in France since de Gaulle. 5 years of this will mean little access for left wing -or critical- ideas in the mainstream press. See how easily the various scandals of this campaign have been defused - the press dares not questioning him. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
[Chirac's] support for the PAC might have hurt the EU, but not that badly
Chirac's stubborn support for the PAC has hurt badly France within the EU, and jeopardized The EU position in global talks. "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
