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Édouard Balladur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (529 words) |
 | Balladur's followers, such as Nicolas Sarkozy, were ostracized from the new Chirac administration. |
| Balladur claimed that he always paid attention to security, but that it was difficult to agree on anything with the Italian company operating the Italian part of the tunnel. |
| Edouard Balladur is often caricatured as aloof, aristocratic and pretentious in media such as the Canard Enchaîné or shows such as Les Guignols de l'info. |
| Columbia Encyclopedia- Balladur douard - AOL Research & Learn (152 words) |
| A Gaullist and member of the Rally for the Republic, he served under Premier Georges Pompidou in the 1960s and was finance minister under conservative premier Jacques Chirac from 1986 to 1988. |
| Appointed premier by President François Mitterrand after a center-right victory in 1993 legislative elections, Balladur pursued a crackdown on illegal immigration, privatization of state-owned businesses, and measures to stimulate the flagging economy, while generally preserving harmonious relations with the Socialist president. |
| Balladur resigned as premier after Chirac won the presidency, although he regained his seat in the National Assembly. |
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