 The song "Elle est facho" (She's a fascist) on the "Rouge Sang" album by singer Renaud released in 2006 gained particular media attention for lyrics in the last verse that translate as "she's a fascist and votes Sarko"

Abroad, Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy, gave his support to Sarkozy immediately following the first round, while Romano Prodi, the then Italian premier and leader of the centre-left Union coalition, called for an alliance between Bayrou and Royal.Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has shown his support for Royal.In the summer of 2010 in the French Press appeared materials regarding Liliane Bettencourt's "illegal financial support to Sarkozy" with the help of Eric Woerth.