Sarkozysm
Sarkozysm (Sarkozysme) is the name commonly given to the policies and political agenda of former
Ideology
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Nicolas Sarkozy's platform for the 2007 presidential election was the fruit of at least five years of work by over 250 intellectuals and experts[1] under the auspices of Emmanuelle Mignon, who is sometimes referred to as the "brain" of Sarkozysm.[2]
Although Sarkozy declared himself to be above existing
Some observers like liberal economist Jacques Marseille or journalist Alain Duhamel have considered Sarkozysm to be a mix of modern Bonapartism and pragmatism.[5]
According to Pierre Giacometti, the core values of Sarkozysm are: a certain
Former
French philosopher Pierre Musso, in his book Le Sarkoberlusconisme, claims that Sarkozysm is comparable to the policies of Silvio Berlusconi in Italy: a political 'break' with the methods of the past, a common emphasis on a certain work ethic, economic liberalism with a dose of dirigisme (or Colbertism), and a pro-American foreign policy.
A relatively unique specificity of Sarkozysm, in its earlier years, was a so-called policy of ouverture, whereby Sarkozy actively recruited certain supporters or members of the centre-left Socialist Party (PS) to his government. Left-wing personalities including Bernard Kouchner, Éric Besson, Fadela Amara, Frédéric Mitterrand, Jean-Marie Bockel, Jean-Pierre Jouyet or Martin Hirsch all served as ministers in Sarkozy's governments.
Style and form
Sarkozysm and Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency is also marked by a major change in political "style" and rhetoric.
Sarkozy was considered as a celebrity president during the first year of his term, and his opponents have often criticized his superficial attitudes and "bling bling" style.[6] His close friendship with major businessmen and corporate CEOs (Arnaud Lagardère, Vincent Bolloré, Bernard Arnault) or prominent celebrities (Jean-Marie Bigard, Johnny Hallyday, Christian Clavier) have also been a source of unease with some.
Whereas former French Presidents tended to grant more autonomy and leeway to their
Heritage
Nicolas Sarkozy lost reelection to
Sarkozysm as a political faction
Sarkozysm and 'Sarkozysts' have also been used to denote Sarkozy's supporters and allies within the UMP, particularly during the period where he sought to take control the UMP (between 2002 and 2004) and until his election to the presidency in 2007.
Sarkozy's core group of supporters largely came from the
The distinctions between Sarkozysts and non-Sarkozysts within the UMP were blurred after Sarkozy's accession to the presidency of the UMP in 2004 and later to the French presidency in 2007. Several politicians previously identified as allies of Jacques Chirac, such as Jean-François Copé, reemerged as Sarkozysts during this period. Several younger politicians in the UMP, such as Nadine Morano and today Guillaume Peltier have identified themselves as loyal Sarkozysts.
Peltier's motion in the
References
- ^ La machine à idées de Sarkozy. Nonfiction.fr, 12/12/07
- ^ « Emmanuelle Mignon, le “cerveau du sarkozysme” » Le Figaro, 7 January 2008
- ^ Sarkozy, gaulliste sans famille lexpress.fr 10 November 2006
- ^ Pierre, Bréchon (2011), Les partis politiques français, La documentation française, pp. 62–65
- ^ a b c « Qu'est-ce que le Sarkozysme ? », Le Point, 10 May 2007.
- ^ "Air Sarko One", un avion devenu symbole du "bling-bling" présidentiel Sur le site lemonde.fr
- ^ « Sarkozy se préfère en “omniprésident” qu'en “roi fainéant” », Le Point, 7 January 2009
External links
- « Qu'est-ce que le sarkozysme ? », Le Point, 1 May 2007