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“This fundamental difference is why people elected him in 2007 and why they rejected him in 2012. The French liked the unconventional candidate; they never liked the unconventional president. They had been accustomed to distant fatherly figures and instead they got France’s first president of the 21st century: pragmatic, proactive, transparent and media savvy.”
Sarkozy’s achievements • Liberation of Bulgarian nurses (July 2007) • Liberation of Ingrid Betancourt (July 2008)
Sarkozy’s achievements • French presidency of EU (July-Dec 2008)
Sarkozy’s achievements • Minimum service during public sector strikes (Aug 2007)
Sarkozy’s achievements • Le Grenelle de l’environnement (Oct 2007)
Sarkozy’s mistakes • President for the rich?
Sarkozy’s mistakes • From Cécilia to Carla in 3½ months
Sarkozy’s mistakes • At the Salon de l’Agriculture (Feb. 2008)
The Front National Jean-Marie Le Pen: 10% in 2007 Marine Le Pen: 18% in 2012