President and conservative candidate for re-election, Nicolas Sarkozy, center left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, center right, leave a TV studio after his campaign debate, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Wednesday May 2, 2012. France's presidential race hit a dramatic pitch Wednesday in the only face-to-face debate between President Nicolas Sarkozy and front-running challenger Francois Hollande - a verbal slugfest that broke little new ground on substance but exposed big differences in style. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)