PARIS (Reuters) - French former president Jacques Chirac backtracked on Sunday after saying he would switch sides to vote for a left-winger in next year's election.
Chirac issued a statement to say he was just having fun when he said on Saturday he would back Socialist candidate Francois Hollande and that his remarks had been misinterpreted. That failed to stop some adversaries seizing on those remarks.
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