The Website ran a document that goes back to 2006 and was signed by the then head of Libyan intelligence Mousa Koussa proposing some 50 million euros in funding the Sarkozy’s coaming.

Sarkozy denied the accusation calling it a “crude forgery” as it may affect his already shaken campaign. "Do you think that with all that I'd done to Qaddafi, he'd have made me a bank transfer? Why not a signed check?" he told France 2 TV on Monday. The news of the illegal offering of money surfaced for the first time in March 2011 when Saif Al-Islam, the son of Gaddafi, threatened to reveal the details. France was then taking part in the NATO effort in imposing a no-fly zone, a measure that weakened Gaddafi forces and paved the way for his ultimate downfall.

Libyan sources denied this accusation. Mousa Koussa said that the document is unfounded. Additionally, Bashir Saleh, who ran Libya's sovereign wealth fund, said that the "politically intentioned" allegations were "completely unfounded".

Sarkozy is facing a hard electoral battle against Hollande in the second round. As soon as the news went viral, Sarkozy threatened to take action. In a response to Sarkozy’s reactions, the website said that Sarkozy was "decidedly opposed to media independence and shows it by his reaction to our latest revelations on the Libyan secrets". The website criticized senior official saying that they prefer to insult journalists who reveal the truth and those who do not want to respond to the issues raised be proper reporting.

Although polls show that Nicolas Sarkozy’s chances are not encouraging, he is still campaigning forcefully hoping to bring about a positive outcome. His uphill battle pushed him to seek the backing of the far right. He played up the issue of immigration and the failure to get immigrants integrated. Sarkozy is active trying to win the six million French voters who cast their votes for the far right leader Marine Le Pen in the first round.

It is worth mentioning that Le Pen was leading her anti-immigrant National Front pledged to announce whom she would vote for in the run-off. Sarkozy has been stressing the issue of immigration. In a radio interview, he said,  “Our system of integration doesn't work. Why? Because before we were able to integrate those who were received on our territory, others arrived. Having taken in too many people, we paralyzed our system of integration.”  It sure is very important issue. “I will never argue for zero immigration, but the reality is that when you invite more people than you can handle, you no longer integrate them,” he said.

Sarkozy’s flirt with the far right wing does not seem working. Marine Le Pen considered Sarkozy was already a has-been. A possible defeat of Sarkozy in the run-off would catapult Marine Le Pen to be the face of the opposition. While it is not yet clear how influential Sarkozy’s appeal to the far right wing, it is obviously that Hollande will benefit from the get-out-the-vote push as Sarkozy exhibited some anti Muslim sentiments during the election campaign. Muslims were put in the spotlight in the aftermath of the massacre of Jewish schoolchildren. The accusation of an extremist only fed the far-right fear mongering.

It seems that Hollande’s is running an easy campaign. After the failure left’s candidate, Hollande is no longer risk losing centrist votes. This is in contrast with Sarkozy’s attempt to win the far right. "Hollande is much less encumbered by his extreme left than Sarkozy is by his extreme right," said political scientist Pascal Perrineau.