The Spanish daily 'El Mundo' votes for Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy is visiting Madrid this Tuesday, February 27th. The conservative daily gives a favourable presentation of the position he has taken on the fight against terrorism and openly supports his presidential candidacy. "Spain would be better off with Sarkozy [right-wing candidate] as president of France, because he is a political leader who has not only demonstrated his intention to fight ETA [Basque Separatist Organisation] terrorism, he also has an idea of how to do so. As he has indicated in our pages [in an exclusive interview], the Madrid Airport bombings prove that ETA is not a 'reliable interlocutor' and the fact that it is claiming that the cease-fire has not been interrupted as a consequence is 'indecent'. For Sarkozy, dialogue with terrorists has a clear limit: It is impossible to 'swap tranquillity with impunity or security with justice'. This is a principle that should be followed in all peace processes."

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