PARIS (Reuters) ? French centrist politician Herve Morin said he would run for the French presidency on Sunday, a move which could eat into the support of conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy at April's election.
Morin, a former defense minister who polls see winning only between 1-2 percent of the vote, is the head of the New Center party and has the support of about 20 deputies, senators and European parliamentarians.
"I do not see among any of my declared opponents the ideas which would allow France to meet the challenges of this changing world," Morin told a meeting to announce his presidential bid.
His candidacy follows the announcement Thursday of the candidacy of Francois Bayrou, the leader of the centrist MoDem party.
Polls last week predicted Bayrou would win 7 percent of the vote in the presidential first round, compared with 26 percent for Sarkozy and 30 percent for Socialist favorite Francois Hollande.
Both Morin and Bayrou remain outsiders in the presidential contest but could poach valuable votes from more moderate supporters of Sarkozy's ruling UMP Party, disappointed with the president's hardline conservative stance on security and immigration.
(Reporting By Daniel Flynn; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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