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used to angry crowds, but this one was very threatening.”
When Mr Sarkozy emerged from the Bar du Palais after around an hour, he appeared shaken, describing those who had baited him as “hooligans”.
Many were Basque separatists who resent having to abide by laws from Paris.
Mr Sarkozy denounced “the violence of a minority and their unacceptable behaviour”.
He added: “Here, we’re in France, on the territory of the French Republic.
“The President of the Republic will go where he likes, and if that doesn’t please a minority of troublemakers, too bad for them.”
Opinion polls regularly show that Mr Sarkozy is by far the most unpopular head of state in the history of modern France.
He is widely expected to lose the April/May election to Socialist candidate Francois Hollande. — Daily Mail.
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