选民们在2007年春做出最后决定的时候，决定因素也许更多地来自负面、而不是正面的印象，这一点与2002年第二回合选举中希拉克面对臭名昭著的民族主义分子勒庞（Jean Marie Le Pen）时如出一辙。
When the voters decide in the spring of 2007, their choice may depend more on negative than positive considerations, as it did in 2002, when Chirac faced the odious nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round.