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   Nicolas Sarkozy

   When the party leader Philippe Séguin resigned, in 1999, he took the leadership of the Neo-Gaullist party. ... (French) Website of the UMP, Sarkozy's party
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   French presidential election, 2007

   The Far Right — The National Front, long dismissed as a fringe party, stunned many when its leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, reached the second round of the 2002 elections. ... | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 53% |
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   Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy

   The UMP, Sarkozy's party, won a majority at the June 2007 legislative election, although by less than expected. ... ↑ Nicolas Sarkozy braces for election bruising, CNN, 16 March 2008
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   Dominique de Villepin

   However, Nicolas Sarkozy was chosen to represent the centre-right UMP party. ... But let us not forget that having won the war, one has to build peace." (address on Iraq at the United Nations Security Council on 14 February 2003, shortly before the US-led invasion of Iraq )
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   Ségolène Royal

   Royal has blamed party leaders and her former partner for her loss in the 2007 election. ... Nicolas Sarkozy
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   Politics of France

   During his first 2 years in office, President Jacques Chirac's prime minister was Alain Juppé, who served contemporaneously as leader of Chirac's neo-Gaullist (RPR) Party. ... While, inside the UMP which he led, Nicolas Sarkozy was largely uncontested (other possible candidates such as Michèle Alliot-Marie having no real hopes), a bitter campaign opposed three left-wing hopefuls: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Ségolène Royal and Laurent Fabius, each defending a different version of social-democracy.
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   Clearstream

   Clearstream secret accounts also allegedly held part of the Argentine debt which led to the December 2001 riots. ... On January 31, 2006, Nicolas Sarkozy sued.
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   HIV trial in Libya

   This led to charges being filed against 10 Libyan security personnel, some of whom later claimed they had also been tortured, tortured to confess that they had tortured the medics. ... ↑ Press conference of Nicolas Sarkozy in Elysée Palace, broadcasted on all major French TV channels, on July 24 at 10:15 CEST.
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   Response to the 2005 civil unrest in France

   On 16 November, the French parliament, dominated by Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP (right-wing) party, approved a three-month extension of the state of emergency, which was to end on 21 February 2006. ... It rejected a complaint from 74 law professors (led by Frédéric Rolin) and the Green party, declaring that the conditions that led to the unrest, the quick spread of violence and the possibility that it could recur justify the state of emergency.
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    Union for a Popular Movement

    | European Affiliation | European People's Party | ... The unpopularity with the electorate of Jacques Chirac and Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government led most members of the UMP to support Nicolas Sarkozy, a rival of Chirac.

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