Nicholas Sarkozy: Candidate of Rupture

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Nicholas Sarkozy Candidate of Rupture

• Son of Hungarian Immigrants
• Hes not an Enarque
• Outsider or Insider?
• Rise to Power within the Gaullist Party
• Ideology and Issue Stances
• Popular Support

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Sarkozy looking presidential
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Career within the Gaullist Family

• Chirac Protegé, but 1995 (unforgivable) Balladur
  Infidelity
• Taking Control of UMP en route to Nomination
• Minister of Interior twice, Minister of Finance
• Chirac/Sarkozy vs. Le Pen

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Sarkozy Campaign 2007

• Government Insider calling for a Rupture with
  failed Policies
• An economic Liberal?
• A pro-American Gaullist?
• Labor market Reforms?
• Protectionist Impulses Mittal takeover of
  Arcelor
• Identity Immigration and Integration
• Europe Bashing Euro and ECB as Targets

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Sarkozy and Social Integration

• The 2005 Riots and his Role as Min. of Interior
  Scum and Kärcher Clean-up
• 2007 Avoiding the Banlieue
• Proposal to create a Ministry of Immigration and
  national identity, criticized by Le Pen as
  xenophobic reminder of Vichy Regime

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Sarkozy Success on First Ballot