PARIS (Reuters) - France's Socialist presidential candidate has become the standard bearer of the European Left's fightback against austerity, but the toned-down additions he is proposing to a German-inspired fiscal pact should prove acceptable to Berlin.
Francois Hollande, who leads in polls ahead of an expected May 6 runoff with conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy, alarmed many by vowing to "renegotiate" a treaty on budget discipline signed by 25 European leaders last month.
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