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   Nicolas Sarkozy

   The UMP, Sarkozy's party, won a majority at the June 2007 legislative election, although by less than expected. ... Sarkozy's UMP majority prepared a budget that reduced taxes, in particular for upper middle-class people, allegedly in an effort to boost GDP growth, but did not reduce state expenditures.
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   Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy

   Nicolas Sarkozy, candidate of the conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), was elected President in May 2007, and became the sixth President of the French Fifth Republic on May 16, 2007. ... The UMP, Sarkozy's party, won a majority at the June 2007 legislative election, although by less than expected.
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   French presidential election, 2007

   The winner, decided on 5 and 6 May 2007, was Nicolas Sarkozy. ... In social categories, Sarkozy won majorities among pensioned and inactive elders (58%), CEOs, negotiants and craftworkers (82% ), categories which are traditionally conservative.
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   Union for a Popular Movement

   On 22 April 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy won the plurality of votes in the first round of the 2007 presidential election. ... On 17 June, in the legislative election, UMP again gained a majority in the National Assembly with 313 out of 577 seats, though it was less than expected following opinion polls and lost about 40 to 60 seats.
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   Jean-Pierre Raffarin

   Jean-Pierre Raffarin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ ʁafaʁɛ̃] ( listen); born 3 August 1948 in Poitiers, Vienne) is a French conservative politician and senator for Vienne. ... Speculation were that he could eventually try to become President of the Senate or President of the Union for a Popular Movement if Nicolas Sarkozy won the 2007 presidential election.
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   List of French people

   French people of note include: ... Nicolas Sarkozy, politician, President of the right wing party, current French president
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   2009 in France

   Events from the year 2009 in France. ... President - Nicolas Sarkozy
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   Barroso Commission

   The Barroso Commission is the European Commission that has been in office since 22 November 2004 and is due to serve until 2014. ... In 2008, Barroso steadily won support from leaders for a second term as President, Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi both declared their support for Barroso, though Barroso himself stated it is up to the political parties in Parliament.
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   François Bayrou

   François Bayrou (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa bajʁu]; Occitan Francés Vairon, pronounced [franˈses bajˈru]) is a French centrist politician, president of Union for French Democracy (UDF) since 1998 and was a candidate in the 2002 and 2007... ... ... of the election, but he won 18.57% of the vote (6,820... behind the front-runners Nicolas Sarkozy of the UMP party and Royal...
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    Jacques Chirac

    When the RPR/UDF right-wing coalition won a slight majority in the National Assembly in the 1986 election, Mitterrand (PS) appointed Chirac prime minister (though many in Mitterrand's inner circle lobbied him to choose Jacques Chaban-Delmas instead). ... | Succeeded by | Nicolas Sarkozy |

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