The Meteoric Ascension of Nicolas Sarkozy in France

Résumé du document

Nicolas Sarkozy de Nagy - Bosca, said Nicolas Sarkozy, born January 28, 1955 in Paris, is a French lawyer and man. It is the 23rd President of the French Republic on 16 May 2007 to 15 May 2012.

A lawyer by profession, he served first as mayor of Neuilly -sur -Seine, Hauts- member de-Seine, Minister of Budget and spokesman for the government, Communications Minister or Acting President of the Rally for the Republic (RPR). From 2002, it is especially Interior Minister, Minister of Economy and Finance and Chairman of the General Council of Hauts-de- Seine. Then it is one of the most prominent leaders of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), where he became president in 2004.

He won the 2007 presidential election with 53.06 % of the votes in the second round, facing the Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal. His term as President of the French Republic is marked, among other things, a change in style compared to its predecessors, several reforms such as universities in 2007 or retreats in 2010, and the impact of major international events such the "Great Recession" and the debt crisis in the euro area. Candidate for reelection in the 2012 presidential election, he collected 48.36 % of the votes in the second round, where he was defeated by the Socialist candidate François Hollande.

After leaving the presidency, he goes into retirement from public life for a few months and head to the Constitutional Council, of which he is a member of law and life.

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[...] Therefore, the new president of the UMP implements a renovation program of the party, including free memberships. Nicolas Sarkozy becomes a last member of the Hauts- de- Seine on 13 March to 2 June 2005 In a press analyzing parliamentary twelve years of Nicolas Sarkozy, the related member René PS Dosière is a very critical assessment of this period. : he said he did not participate in any parliamentary debate , filed no amendment, spoke at total of one hour for ten brief interventions and indicates that at least seven years we find no trace of his presence in the Assembly. [...]

[...] In contrast to the period after the defeats of 1995 and 1999, Nicolas Sarkozy is the subject of extensive media coverage from 2002. Done primarily in the program 100 minutes to convince the biggest score of hearing at the time for a political program in 2003, with more than seven million viewers. It organizes with Gilles de Robien, Minister of Transport, a more repressive policy on speeding to strengthen road safety. This policy, including the most iconic feature is the proliferation of speed cameras on the roads will be implemented over a period of significant decline in the number of casualties, according to a general downward trend in fatalities in Europe. [...]

[...] Well we'll get rid of. " Part of the press sees a stigma of people in deprived areas and thus one of the causes of the riots to come; Humanity accuses Nicolas Sarkozy have deliberately used the term to occupy the media space . Freeze frame challenges this intentionality, Françoise Laborde involving the temptation to go for television sensationalism and possible bias of some journalists against Nicolas Sarkozy . The words " Kärcher " and " scum" are subsequently associated with Nicolas Sarkozy . [...]

[...] During this period, he joined the law firm where he works, and published in 2001 a book: Free. A growing influence at the national level XII legislature is a period of ascension to Nicolas Sarkozy, both politically - in the government and the ruling party - the media and popular. Minister of the Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms. In 2002, he supported the candidacy of Jacques Chirac, who was re-elected in the second round against Jean- Marie Le Pen. While Nicolas Sarkozy is favored for the post of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac prefers Jean -Pierre Raffarin. [...]

[...] At age 28, he becomes one of the youngest mayors of France and his first major political success. He is project manager from 1987 to May 1988 for the fight against chemical and radiological hazards within the Ministry of the Interior. During the presidential campaign of 1988, he re-enlisted alongside Jacques Chirac and is responsible for organizing its major meetings. Its knotted local relationships are put at the service of the Gaullist candidate who then presents it to his daughter, Claude Chirac, then Edouard Balladur, with whom he befriends. [...]