According to 'Le Figaro', should Nicolas Sarkozy present himself for the leadership of the centre-right UMP and win, he would change the name of the party in a total re-branding effort. Elsewhere, François Hollande receives the support of centrist politician François Bayrou over controversial remarks claiming he privately refers to the poor as "toothless". The comments were made in a book published by his ex-partner Valérie Trierweiler in a tell-all book last week.

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