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   French presidential election, 2007

   In social categories, Sarkozy won majorities among pensioned and inactive elders (58%), CEOs, negotiants and craftworkers (82% ), categories which are traditionally conservative. ... | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 53% |
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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. ... After winning the election, Sarkozy's UMP majority has 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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   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

   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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   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

   His lyrical texts and passion for France won him awards in 2001 for his book about the last 100 days of Napoleon's rule, entitled Les Cent-jours, ou L'esprit de sacrifice. ... | Preceded by | Nicolas Sarkozy |
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   Feminism in France

   The media frenzy surrounding Cécilia Sarkozy, former wife of the current President Nicolas Sarkozy, would mark the culmination of this current. ... Sarkozy won in a tight contest, but one year later, polls showed voters regreted not sending Royal to the Elysse Palace, and she would win a 2008 match up with Sarkozy easily.
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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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   Clearstream

   On April 28, 2006, Villepin denied having commissioned an investigation of Nicolas Sarkozy.
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    Politics of France

    The Left, led by Socialist Party leader Lionel Jospin, whom Chirac had defeated in the 1995 presidential race, unexpectedly won a solid National Assembly majority (319 seats, with 289 required for an absolute majority). ... Nicolas Sarkozy was elected president.

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• Politics of France