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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.
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   Nicolas Sarkozy

   Ancestors of Nicolas Sarkozy in three generations. ... During his presidency, the number of members has significantly increased.
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   French presidential election, 2007

   The left-right division was reinforced, according to many observers, by the election of Nicolas Sarkozy. ... Le Pen is 79 years old, the same age which De Gaulle was when he stepped down from the presidency in 1969.
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   Dominique de Villepin

   The most prominent name on the list was that of Nicolas Sarkozy, Villepin's rival for power in the UMP. ... ↑ French Premier Throws Support for Presidency to Political Rival - New York Times
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   Clearstream

   French magistrates sought to search the Canard enchaîné's offices in May 2007, after the election of Nicolas Sarkozy to the presidency.
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   HIV trial in Libya

   ↑ 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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   Patrick Devedjian

   The Sarkozy Presidency In the presidential election of 2007, Patrick Devedjian supported the candidature of Nicolas Sarkozy without any surprise.
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   Union for a Popular Movement

   As a consequence, he resigned from the presidency of the UMP on 14 May 2007, two days before becoming President of the French Republic. ... In the municipal and cantonal elections held in March 2008, the party suffered a blow, as a result of the unpopularity of Nicolas Sarkozy.
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   Politics of France

   These included the right-wing of the Radical Party, the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (UDSR), the Christian-democrat Popular Republican Movement (MRP), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's Independent Republicans (RI), the Union for a French Democracy (UDF) and, today, a large majority of the politicians of Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). ... Following from these events, Villepin lost all hopes of winning the presidency, and his government no longer tried to enact socially controversial reforms.
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    Guillaume Sarkozy

    The close association of Nicolas Sarkozy, a presidential candidate in the 2007 elections, with a prominent executive of the foremost employer's union would make him the target of accusations of bias in favor of big business, which would run contrary to the ideal idea of the French presidency free from the influence of lobbies; furthermore, Guillaume Sarkozy's liberal positions may reinforce the idea that his brother is an ideological "ultra-liberal", while Nicolas Sarkozy seeks an image of pragmatism.

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• Politics of France,
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