PARIS (Reuters) - Members of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's opposition UMP party are warning that he is too much of a political liability for victory in 2017 as a funding scandal over his 2012 election campaign escalates.
Sarkozy remains the top choice with most voters to be the conservative UMP's presidential candidate, but even his allies are grumbling about his failure to comment on the affair and some are demanding the party consider other possible contenders.
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