PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will go into a televised election debate against Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande as a "challenger" as he battles to avoid defeat in Sunday's runoff poll, a senior aide said.
The conservative president and his centre-left rival have been at each other's throats for months, with Sarkozy accusing Hollande of being incompetent and a liar, and Hollande calling the incumbent a "failed president" and "a nasty piece of work".
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