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Tariq Ramadan, the controversial Muslim intellectual and Swiss national, has never expressed his support for François Hollande in the French presidential election, as the outgoing President, Nicolas Sarkozy, claimed yesterday. The notion was denied today by both the Socialist candidate and Ramadan himself.
The two men reacted to comments by the President and candidate, who, talking about Ramadan yesterday on TF1's flagship news programme, said: "This is a man who invites votes for Hollande. And I have never heard Hollande say that this bothers him".