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Sarkozy and Royal both represented a generational change; Sarkozy is the first president born after World War II^[1] and the first not to have been in politics under Charles de Gaulle. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The first round saw a very high turnout of 85% — 37.6 million of the 44 million electorate voted from a population of 62 million.^[2][3][4] The results of that round saw Sarkozy and Royal qualify for the second round with Sarkozy getting 31% and Royal 26%. François Bayrou came third (19%) and Jean-Marie Le Pen fourth (10%), unlike in 2002 when Le Pen got a surprising 16.9% and qualified for the second round.^[5] In politics, an electorate is the group of people entitled to vote in an election. ... François Bayrou François Bayrou (IPA: ) is a leading candidate for the French Presidental election of 2007. ... Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean-Marie Le Pen (born June 20, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer France) is a French far-right nationalist politician, founder and president of the Front National (National Front) party, and a candidate for the French presidency. ... The 2002 French presidential election consisted of a first round election on 21 April 2002, and a runoff election between the top two candidates (Jacques Chirac and Jean-Marie Le Pen) on 5 May 2002. ...

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Immediately after the first round's results were made official, four defeated left-wing candidates — José Bové, Marie-George Buffet, Arlette Laguiller and Dominique Voynet — urged their supporters to vote for Royal.^[6] This was the first time since 1981 that Laguiller had endorsed the Socialist Party's candidate.^[7] Olivier Besancenot called his supporters to vote against Sarkozy.^[8] Frédéric Nihous and Gérard Schivardi never officially supported either Royal or Sarkozy. Philippe de Villiers called for a vote for Sarkozy.^[9] Le Pen told his voters to "abstain massively" in the second round.^[10] This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Symbol of the French government The government of France is a semi-presidential system based on the French Constitution of the fifth Republic, in which the nation declares itself to be an indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic. 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On 25 April, Bayrou declared he would not support either candidate in the runoff, ^[11] and announced he would form a new political party called the Democratic Movement. He criticised both major candidates, and offered to debate them. Royal agreed to hold a televised debate, while Sarkozy offered to have a private discussion but not a televised debate.^[12] April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (116th in leap years). ... The Democratic Movement (French: ) is a centrist and pro-European French political party that will soon be founded by the centrist politician François Bayrou to succeed his Union for French Democracy and contest the 2007 parliamentary election, as announced by him on 25 April 2007 after his strong showing... The 2007 French Presidential debate would oppose Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal, the 2 candidates with the most votes from the first round of voting on the 22 April. ...

By around 6:15pm local time on 6 May, Belgian and Swiss news sources such as Le Soir [4], RTBF [5], La Libre Belgique [6] and La Tribune de Genève [7] had announced Nicolas Sarkozy as the winner of the second round, citing preliminary exit poll data. The final CSA estimate showed him winning with 53% of the votes cast. Royal conceded defeat to Sarkozy that evening.^[13] Le Soir (meaning The Evening) is a Belgian newspaper in French. ... RTBF official logo RTBF or Radio télévision belge de la communauté française is the national broadcasting organisation of the government of the French-speaking southern part of Belgium, the counterpart to the Dutch-speaking VRT in the northern part of the country. ... La Libre Belgique (English: Free Belgium) is a Belgian newspaper in French. ... Tribune de Genève is a regional newspaper of the canton of Geneva (Switzerland). ...

Results

Table of results - ordered by number of votes received in first round, official results by Constitutional Council. Columns are individually sortable.

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First round and analysis

Electoral results

Results of the first round: the candidate with the plurality of votes in each administrative division. Sarkozy: blue; Royal: pink; Bayrou: orange

Nationwide, Nicolas Sarkozy obtained 31% and Ségolène Royal 26% — while in 2002, Jacques Chirac had obtained 20%, and Lionel Jospin 16.18%. The right-of-centre François Bayrou obtained 18.6% this time, tripling his 2002 result (6.8%). National Front (FN) candidate, Jean-Marie Le Pen, made only 10.4%, compared to his stunning 16.9% finish in 2002. Along with the April-May shift to the far right made by Sarkozy, this has led many commentators to allege that traditional voters of the FN had been tempted by Sarkozy ^[14][15]. On a global scale, the left-wing reached 36% of the votes, against 19% for the "centre", 33% for the right wing and 11% for the far right. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Jacques René Chirac (born November 29, 1932) has served as the Gaullist President of France since he was first elected in 1995. ... Lionel Robert Jospin (born July 12, 1937 in Meudon, a suburb of Paris) is a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997-2002. ... The far-right tradition in France founds its origins, as the distinction of left and right in politics itself, to the 1789 French Revolution. ...

Other candidates received a much lower share of the vote than they had in 2002, with Olivier Besancenot (Revolutionary Communist League, LCR) failing to achieve the 5% necessary to have his political campaign reimbursed by the state. Besancenot received 4.1%, compared to 4.3% in 2002. He was followed by the traditionalist Philippe de Villiers (2.2%), Communist Marie-George Buffet (1.9%, compared to 3.4% for Robert Hue in 2002), Greens candidate Dominique Voynet (1.6%, compared to 5.3% for Noël Mamère in 2002), Workers' Struggle's candidate Arlette Laguiller (1.3%, compared to 5.7% in 2002), alter-globalisation candidate José Bové (1.3%), Frédéric Nihous (1.2% , against 4.2% for Jean Saint-Josse in 2002) and finally Gérard Schivardi with 0.3% (Daniel Gluckstein had achieved 0.5% in 2002). The abstention rate was 15.4%. Olivier Besancenot Olivier Besancenot (born April 18, 1974) is a French left-wing political figure. ... The Revolutionary Communist League can refer to one of several different parties: Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire (France) Revolutionary Communist League (Belgium) Revolutionary Communist League (Austria) Revolutionäre Kommunistische Liga Revolutionary Communist League (Iceland) Revolutionary Communist League (India) Revolutionary Communist League (Israeli state) Ha-Liga Ha-Komunistit Ha-Mahapchanit Revolutionary Communist League... Philippe de Villiers Philippe de Villiers (born March 25, 1949 as Viscount Philippe le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon) is a French conservative politician. ... Marie-George Buffet and Lionel Jospin in conversation. ... Robert Hue (born October 19, 1946) is a French politician. ... Dominique Voynet Dominique Voynet (born 4 November 1958 in Montbéliard, Doubs département, France) is a French senator for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis, and a member of the The Greens. ... Noël Mamère (born December 25, 1948) is a French politician of the French Green Party (Les Verts). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Arlette Laguiller (born March 18, 1940) is the spokeswoman and by far the best known leader of the Lutte Ouvrière French Trotskyist political party. ... Graffiti calling for a demonstration against the World Economic Forum summit of Davos in 2003 Alter-globalization (or Alter-mondialization from the French altermondialisme) is the name of a social movement which supports the international integration of globalization but advocates that values of democracy, economic justice, environmental protection, and human... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Frédéric Nihous (born August 15, 1967) is a French politician, from the Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition party, and a candidate for the 2007 French presidential election. ... Gérard Schivardi is a French politician, the mayor of Mailhac and a candidate for the 2007 French presidential election. ... Daniel Gluckstein (born March 3, 1953) is a French far-left Trotskyist politician from the Parti des Travailleurs (PT). ... Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not goes to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, isnt absent during the vote, but does not cast a ballot. ...

With an overall record-rate of participation of 84.6%, a level not achieved since the 1965 presidential election which had 84.8% participation, the vast majority of the electorate decided not to stay home. Most of them decided against protest votes, and chose the vote utile (tactical voting, literally "useful vote"), that is, a vote for one of the purported leaders of the electoral race (Nicolas Sarkozy, Ségolène Royal and/or François Bayrou). The "Anyone But Sarkozy" push benefited both Bayrou and Royal,^[16] while the tactical voting, on the right or on the left, explains the low score of the other candidates, in contrast with the last presidential election's first round. The 1965 French presidential election was the first presidential election by direct universal suffrage of the French Fifth Republic. ... A Protest vote is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate the casters unhappiness with the choice of candidates or the current political system. ... In voting systems, tactical voting (or strategic voting) occurs when a voter misrepresents his or her sincere preferences in order to gain a more favorable outcome. ...

The electoral campaign saw a polarisation of the political scene, encapsulated by the "Anyone But Sarkozy" slogan on the left. But it also saw a reconfiguration of the political chessboard, with various left-wing figures and voters deciding to support Sarkozy against Royal, who saw opposition inside her own party. Bernard Tapie, a former Socialist, Max Gallo, who had supported left-wing Republican Jean-Pierre Chevènement in 2002, Eric Besson ^[17], etc., passed on Sarkozy's side. On the other hand, some right-wing voters, upset by Sarkozy's attitude on law and order, immigration, and even genetics (his recent declarations on paedophilia, homosexuality and suicides as genetically induced, denounced by the geneticist Axel Kahn ^{[18][19][20][21][22]}), decided to vote for Bayrou. Centrist figures of the Socialist party, such as Michel Rocard and Bernard Kouchner, have called for an alliance between Bayrou and Royal, which might have consequences in the June 2007 legislative elections — these will determine the parliamentary majority, and decide if France will, or not, see another cohabitation between the President, head of state, and the Prime minister, leader of the government. Former socialist minister Claude Allègre stated such an alliance was "entirely conceivable," while Royal herself strongly criticised Rocard's comments. François Hollande, the national secretary of the Socialist Party and Ségolène Royal's partner, excluded any alliance with the centre-right, along with others left-wing leaders, such as Laurent Fabius or Dominique Voynet ^[23]. Bernard Tapie (born January 26, 1943 in Paris) is a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. ... Max Gallo (born Nice 7 January 1932) is a French writer, historian and politician. ... Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement (born March 9, 1939 in Belfort) is a French politician. ... Éric Besson (born 2 April 1958 in Marrakech) is a French politician, presently with the title of “State Secretary for Prospectives and Evaluation of Public Policies” [1] in the government of François Fillon. ... Pedophilia (American English), pædophilia/paedophilia (Commonwealth English), or pedosexuality is the paraphilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to prepubescent children. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally ending ones own life. ... For a non-technical introduction to the topic, please see Introduction to genetics. ... Axel Kahn, born in 1944, is a French scientist and geneticist. ... Michel Rocard, French politician Michel Rocard (born August 23, 1930) is a French Socialist politician, former French Prime minister, and currently a member of the European Parliament. ... Bernard Kouchner (born November 1, 1939 in Avignon) is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. ... The French legislative election will take place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. ... In the Westminster System, there is a majority government when the governing party enjoys an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament. ... Cohabitation in government occurs in semi-presidential systems, such as Frances system, when the President and the Prime Minister come from different political parties. ... Claude (Jean) Allègre (born March 31, 1937) is a French geochemist and politician. ... François Hollande (born August 12, 1954) is a French politician. ... Laurent Fabius (born 20 August 1946) is a former Socialist Prime Minister of France. ... Dominique Voynet Dominique Voynet (born 4 November 1958 in Montbéliard, Doubs département, France) is a French senator for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis, and a member of the The Greens. ...

Urban votes

Voting booth in Vaulnaveys-le-Haut.

In urban areas, most lower and middle-income neighbourhoods and cities voted largely for Ségolène Royal. In the tenth arrondissement of Paris, Royal obtained 42% against 25% for Sarkozy, and 20.35% for Bayrou; in the 11th arrondissement, Royal obtained more than 40.8% to 25.8% for Sarkozy and 20.9% for Bayrou. In the 18th arrondissement, Royal obtained 41.1% against 23.4% for Sarkozy; in the 19th arrondissement, Royal obtained more than 39%, against almost 28% for Sarkozy; and in the 20th arrondissement, Royal obtained 42.4% against 23.2% for Sarkozy, and 18.3% for Bayrou. Royal also narrowly beat Sarkozy in the normally conservative city of Bordeaux (31.4% against 30.8%, and 22% for Bayrou), as well as in Brest, Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Nantes, Rouen, Lille, Le Mans, Montpellier, Saint-Etienne, Limoges, Amiens, Pau (where Bayrou finished first), Rennes and Toulouse (the historical base of the former Radical-Socialist Party). Working-class Paris suburbs (called les banlieues) also massively voted for Royal. This was more or less expected, in particular with the high level of registration on the electoral lists by the suburban youths, which had been strongly opposed to Sarkozy since the 2005 riots during which he had made controversial remarks. Meanwhile, a large number of university students had participated to the protests against the CPE, proposed by Sarkozy's UMP party, in the spring of 2006; they also strongly backed Royal. She consequently came up first in Nanterre, with almost 36% against 23% for Sarkozy. She reached 41.6% in Saint-Denis, against 19.6% for Sarkozy and 15.5% for Bayrou. In Evry, she also passed the 40% line, while Sarkozy received only 23.6%. In Créteil, she won a closer race, gaining 35% to Sarkozy's 30% and 18% for Bayrou. In the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, home to many people of immigrant origin, Royal obtained 34.2% to 26.8% for Sarkozy and 16.7% for Bayrou. 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In contrast, wealthy arrondissements of Paris voted for Sarkozy. The prosperous 16th arrondissement gave him 64% of its vote, against 16.4% for Bayrou and only 11.27% for Royal; the seventh arrondissement voted for 56% in favour of Sarkozy, to 20.35 for Bayrou and 15.35% for Royal; the eighth arrondissement voted at more than 58% for Sarkozy to 18.65% for Bayrou and 14% for Royal; the 15th arrondissement voted 41.5% for Sarkozy against 24.3% for Royal and 22.9% for Bayrou. The mostly wealthy Paris suburbs of the Hauts-de-Seine department, home of Neuilly-sur-Seine where Sarkozy is mayor, voted 38.3% for him, against 26% for Royal and 21.3% for Bayrou. Sarkozy also won in the Essonne department (more than 31% against 27% for Royal), in the Seine-et-Marne (33.5% to almost 24% for Royal) as well as in the Yvelines (37.7% against 23% for Royal and 22% for Bayrou). The city of Paris is divided into 20 arrondissements municipaux (“municipal boroughs,” approximately, in English), more simply referred to as arrondissements (pronounced ). These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements, which subdivide the 100 French départements. ... Appartment buildings in the 16th arrondissement of Paris The Stade Français rugby union fans at Parc des Princes. ... The 7th arrondissement, located on the Left Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. ... The 8th arrondissement (VIIIe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. ... The 15th arrondissement (XVe arrondissement), located on the Left Bank (Rive Gauche), is the most populous of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. ... Hauts-de-Seine is a département in France. ... Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine département in France. ... Essonne is a French department in the region of ÃŽle-de-France. ... Seine-et-Marne is a French département, named after the Seine and the Marne rivers, and located in the ÃŽle-de-France région. ... Yvelines is a French département in the région of ÃŽle-de-France. ...

Marseille, the second-largest city of France, went Sarkozy's way overall as he won 34.25% of the vote to 27.1% for Royal and only 14.1% for Bayrou (putting a close third ahead of Le Pen, who obtained 13.4%). However, in working-class neighbourhoods of the north of Marseille, such as Savine (15th arrondissement) and the Busserine (14th arrondissement), Royal received overwhelming support, receiving 60% of the vote in Busserine. http://www. ...

France's third-largest city, Lyon, also was won by Sarkozy, who received 34.5% of the vote to 27.3% for Royal and 22% for Bayrou. He triumphed as well in the wealthy city of Aix-en-Provence with 36.8%, against 25.4% for Royal and 19.8% for Bayrou. In Nice, a conservative stronghold, Sarkozy obtained more than 41% against 20.4% for Royal and less than 15% for Bayrou. Sarkozy also closely beat Royal in the industrial port of Le Havre (29% against 26.8%), as well as in Avignon, Nîmes, Metz, Nancy, and Strasbourg (these last three cities belonging to the Alsace-Lorraine region). City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Arpitan: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 47. ... Aix (prounounced eks), or, to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, Aix-en-Provence is a city in southern France, some 30 km north of Marseille. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Le Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, on the English Channel, at the mouth of the Seine. ... City flag City coat of arms Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Département Vaucluse (préfecture) Arrondissement Avignon Canton Chief town of 4 cantons Intercommunality Communauté dagglomération du Grand Avignon Mayor Marie-Josée Roig... Nîmes (Provençal Occitan: Nimes in both classical and Mistralian norms) is a city and commune of southern France. ... For other uses of Metz, see Metz (disambiguation) City motto: Si paix dedans, paix dehors (French: If peace inside, peace outside) City proper (commune) Région Lorraine Département Moselle (57) Mayor Jean-Marie Rausch Area 41. ... Nancy (IPA pronounciation ; archaic German: ; Luxembourgish: Nanzeg) is a city and commune in the Lorraine région of northeastern France. ... City flag City coat of arms Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Alsace Department Bas-Rhin (67) Intercommunality Urban Community of Strasbourg Mayor Fabienne Keller  (UMP) City Statistics Land area¹ 78. ... Imperial Province of Elsaß-Lothringen Alsace-Lorraine (German: , generally Elsass-Lothringen) was a territorial entity created by the German Empire in 1871 after the annexation of most of Alsace and parts of Lorraine in the Franco-Prussian War. ...

Regional votes

Official posters for the first round of vote near a polling station in rural France.

A map of France's departments shows the candidate of the Socialist Party, Ségolène Royal, came first in the South-West and the Massif Central, which were traditional bases of the Radical-Socialist Party during the Third Republic. She also topped the poll in Bretagne, except in the department of Morbihan, but a fifth of electors in Brittany voted for Bayrou. ^[24] Nièvre and Seine-Saint-Denis were other departments where she came first, as well as the overseas departments of Martinique and Réunion and the overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Sarkozy came first everywhere else, except for Pyrénées-Atlantiques, where Bayrou topped the poll in the department of his birth. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 2. ... France, viewed from the NASA Shuttle Topography Radar Mission. ... The Radical Party (Parti Radical or Républicains Radicaux et Radicaux-Socialistes, Radical Republicans and Radical Socialists), was a major French political party of the early to mid 20th century, originally considered radical due to its anti-clericalism. ... The French Third Republic, (in French, La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) (1870/75-10 July 1940) was the governing body of France between the Second French Empire and the Vichy Regime. ... (Région flag) (Region logo) Location Administration Capital Rennes Regional President Jean-Yves Le Drian (PS) (since 2004) Departments Côtes-dArmor Ille-et-Vilaine Morbihan Finistère Arrondissements 15 Cantons 201 Communes 1,268 Statistics Land area1 27,208 km² Population (Ranked 7th)  - January 1, 2006 est. ... Morbihan is a département in the northwest of France named after the Morbihan (small sea in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline. ... Nièvre is a département in the center of France named after the Nièvre River. ... Seine-Saint-Denis is a French département located in the ÃŽle-de-France région. ... Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a département in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. ...

The left regressed, compared 2002, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, which has traditionally favored Socialist and Communist candidates. The Nord department, hit hard during the 1980s by an industrial crisis, gave a plurality to Sarkozy (29.3%), while Royal won 24.8% (and won the city of Lille) and Bayrou received 15.6%. Marie-George Buffet barely received 5% in the constituency of the Communist deputy Alain Bocquet. Capital Lille Area 12,414 km² Regional President Daniel Percheron ( PS) (since 2001) Population   - 2004 estimate   - 1999 census   - Density (Ranked 4th) 4,026,000 3,996,588 324/km² (2004) Arrondissements 13 Cantons 156 Communes 1,546 Départements Nord Pas-de-Calais The administrative region of Nord-Pas-de... Extent of Dutch in the Arrondissement of Dunkirk, 1874 and 1972 Nord (French term for: North) is a département in the north of France. ... New city flag Traditional coat of arms Motto: – Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Nord-Pas de Calais Department Nord (59) Intercommunality Urban Community of Lille Métropole Mayor Martine Aubry  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 39. ... Marie-George Buffet and Lionel Jospin in conversation. ...

The Haute-Garonne, traditional Radical-Socialist territory, voted (including its capital, Toulouse), for Ségolène Royal, giving her 33%, against less than 27% for Sarkozy and slightly more than 19% for Bayrou. The Corrèze, where Jacques Chirac began his political career as the deputy of Ussel, also voted slightly in in favour of Royal, as did the Creuse, one of the least-populated departments of France. Haute-Garonne is a département in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. ... Corrèze is a département in the center of France, named after the Corrèze River. ... Ussel is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Ussel, in the Cantal département Ussel, in the Corrèze département Ussel, in the Lot département Ussel-dAllier, in the Allier département This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles... Creuse is a département in central France named after the Creuse River. ...

The Alpes-Maritimes, part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region where the National Front won several cities in the 1990s (Toulon, Marignane and Orange of the Vaucluse) voted for Sarkozy at 43.6%, while Royal received only 17.9%, Bayrou 15.0%, and Jean-Marie Le Pen 13.5%. The Vaucluse department gave 32.8% of its votes to Sarkozy, 20.9% to Royal, 16.8% to Le Pen and 15.5% to Bayrou. Alpes_Maritimes is a département in the extreme southeast corner of France. ... Location Administration Capital Marseille Regional President Michel Vauzelle (PS) (since 1998) Départements Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-Maritimes Bouches-du-Rhône Hautes-Alpes Var Vaucluse Arrondissements 18 Cantons 237 Communes 963 Statistics Land area1 31,400 km² Population (Ranked 3rd)  - January 1, 2005 est. ... Panorama of Toulon area Satellite view Coat of Arms of Toulon view of Toulon harbour around 1750, by Joseph Vernet. ... Marignane is a commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône département, in southern France, located near Marseille. ... Orange (Provençal Occitan: Aurenja in classical norm or Aurenjo in Mistralian norm) is a town and commune in the département of Vaucluse, in the south of France. ... The Vaucluse is a département in the southeast of France. ... The Vaucluse is a département in the southeast of France. ...

The Vendée, a traditional Catholic bastion and the home of the Chouans during the French Revolution, voted 29.7% for Sarkozy, 21.7% for Royal, 20.8% for Bayrou, and 11.3% for Philippe de Villiers, deputy of the department. Le Pen. meanwhile, managed only 6.5%. Vendée is a département in west central France, on the Atlantics Bay of Biscay. ... Chouans were insurrectionary royalists in France, in particular Brittany, during the French Revolution, and even for a time under the Empire, when their head-quarters were in London Their names derive from their muster by night at the sound of the chat-huant, the screech owl, a nocturnal bird of... The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on... Philippe de Villiers Philippe de Villiers (born March 25, 1949 as Viscount Philippe le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon) is a French conservative politician. ...

Le Pen's highest departmental tallies occurred in Aisne (17.3%) and Haute-Marne 17%. Other departments to gave him more than 15% were the Vaucluse (16.8%), Haute-Saône (16.5%), Meuse (16.3%), Ardennes (16.2% — where far-left candidate Besancenot received 5.35%), Pas-de-Calais (16%), Oise (15.9%), Corse-du-Sud (15.9%), Vosges (15.7%), and Gard (15.4%), Aisne is a department in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River. ... Haute-Marne is a département in the northeast of France named after the Marne River. ... The Vaucluse is a département in the southeast of France. ... Haute-Saône (Hiôta-Sona in Arpitan language) is a French department of the Franche-Comté (Franche-Comtât) région, named after the Saône River. ... Meuse is a département in northeast France, named after the Meuse River. ... The Ardennes (pronounced ar-DEN) (Dutch: Ardennen) is a region of extensive forests and rolling hill country, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France (lending its name to the Ardennes département and the Champagne-Ardenne région). ... Pas-de-Calais is a département in northern France named after the strait which it borders. ... Oise is a département in the north of France named after the Oise River. ... Corse-du-Sud is a French département. ... Vosges is a French department, named after the Vosges mountain range. ... Gard is a department located in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. ...

Departments where Besancenot obtained more than 5% of the vote include Ardennes, Aisne (where Le Pen also achieved a strong results), Ariège, Allier (where Sarkozy obtained 28% against nearly 26% for Royal), Calvados (where Sarkozy finished first with 29% to 25% for Royal), Finistère, Cher, Côtes d'Armor, Creuse, Indre, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nord, Meuse, Moselle, Pas-de-Calais (6.2%), Sarthe, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Somme, Territoire-de-Belfort, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Vienne and the overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (6.5%, along with 5.1% for José Bové; only 6.7% for Le Pen). The Ardennes (pronounced ar-DEN) (Dutch: Ardennen) is a region of extensive forests and rolling hill country, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France (lending its name to the Ardennes département and the Champagne-Ardenne région). ... Aisne is a department in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River. ... Ariège is a département in southwestern France named after the Ariège River. ... Allier is a département in south-central France named after the Allier River. ... For the apple brandy produced in the region, see Calvados (spirit). ... Flinstones (Penn-ar-Bed in Breton) is a département of France, located in Brittany (Bretagne in French). ... Cheryl Sarkisian LaPiere (better known as Cher) (born on May 20, 1946),[1] is an Academy Award-winning American actress, singer, songwriter, and entertainer. ... Côtes-dArmor (French) / Aodoù-an-Arvor (Breton) is a département in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. ... Creuse is a département in central France named after the Creuse River. ... Indre is a département in the center of France named after the Indre River. ... Meurthe-et-Moselle is a département in the northeast of France named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers. ... Extent of Dutch in the Arrondissement of Dunkirk, 1874 and 1972 Nord (French term for: North) is a département in the north of France. ... Meuse is a département in northeast France, named after the Meuse River. ... Moselle is a département in the northeast of France named after the Moselle River. ... Pas-de-Calais is a département in northern France named after the strait which it borders. ... The Château de Boisclaireau, residence of the Gueroust family, Counts of Boisclaireau, in Sarthe. ... Nièvre is a département in the center of France named after the Nièvre River. ... Building of the Conseil Général of the Puy-de-Dôme département, in Clermont-Ferrand Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme is a département. ... Somme is a French département, named after the Somme River, located in the north of France. ... The Territoire de Belfort is a département in the Franche-Comté région of eastern France. ... Seine-Maritime is a French département in Normandy. ... Haute-Vienne is a French département named after the Vienne River. ... A collectivité doutre-mer (in English Overseas Community) or COM, is an administrative division of France. ...

The overseas department of Martinique has been strongly opposed to Sarkozy; Aimé Césaire, mayor of Fort-de-France and leader of the Négritude movement, refused to see him during his visit there in December 2005 (due to the UMP vote of the 2005 law on colonialism ^[25]). In the first round, it heavily supported Royal (48.5%, against 33.8% for Sarkozy and only 8.6% for Bayrou; the next highest total was received by Besancenot, with 2.5%). Réunion also strongly supported Royal (46.2%, to 25% for Sarkozy and 13% for Bayrou). Meanwhile, Sarkozy won in New Caledonia (with 49.7% of the vote) and in Guadeloupe (with 42.6%, against 38.3% for Royal), as well as in French Guiana and the overseas territories of French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna. French overseas departments and territories The French Overseas Departments and Territories (French: départements doutre-mer and territoires doutre-mer or DOM-TOM) consist broadly of French-administered territories outside of Europe. ... Aimé Fernand David Césaire (born June 25, 1913) is a French poet, author and politician. ... Fort-de-France is the capital of Frances Caribbean département doutre-mer of Martinique. ... Négritude is a literary and political movement developed in the 1930s by a group that included the future Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor, Martinican poet Aimé Césaire, and Léon Damas. ... The February 23, 2005 French law on colonialism was an act passed by the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) conservative majority, which imposed on high-school (lycée) teachers to teach the positive values of colonialism to their students (article 4). ...

Demographic breakdown of the first-round vote

Source: IPSOS, see Sociologie du vote du 1er tour, L'Humanité, 5 May 2007. Ipsos Group SA is a global survey-based market research company headquartered in Paris, France. ... LHumanité (Humanity), formerly the daily newspaper of the French Communist Party (PCF), was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the SFIO socialist party. ...

30% of men voted for Sarkozy, 24% of them for Royal. 32% of women voted Sarkozy, 27% Royal. 29% of 18-24 years-old voted Royal, against 26% for Sarkozy. Sarkozy also made a higher score for 35-44 years-old and 60-69 years-old, but a lesser score in the 45-59 years-old category.

36% of farmers voted Sarkozy against 8% for Royal. Workers voted at similar levels for both Sarkozy and Royal (21% for each), while public servants voted at 34% for Royal (18% for Sarkozy). 19% of unemployed people voted for Sarkozy, 32% of them for Royal. Students also voted in majority for Royal (32% against 21%), while pensioned elders voted at 41% for Sarkozy (23% for Royal).

Second round

Results of the 2nd round: the candidate with the majority of votes in each department. Sarkozy: blue; Royal: pink. More detailed map here.

Nicolas Sarkozy supporters celebrate on the Place de la Concorde in Paris

Supporters of Ségolène Royal awaiting the results, 8 PM, in front of the headquarters of the Socialist Party in Paris

The left-right division was reinforced, according to many observers, by the election of Nicolas Sarkozy ^[16]. 91% of the electors self-identifying as members of the centre-left voted for Royal, and 92% of those who self-identified as centre-right voted for Sarkozy ^[16]. The center thus appears to be submitted to the left-right polarization ^[16]. The vast majority of the far-left also voted for Royal, while their far-right counterparts strongly supported Sarkozy ^[16]. Although Jacques Chirac was successful among young electors in 1995, mostly due to his discourse on the "social rupture" (fracture sociale), Sarkozy's electorate is more traditionally right-wing and focused on older people. The only age group that gave him a majority was the over-50, who account for 52% of his voters, compared to 37% only of Royal's ^[16]. Sarkozy obtained only 40% among those 18-24 years old, while Chirac had obtained 55% in the same category in 1995 ^[16]. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Departments (French: départements) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... The Place de la Concorde seen from the Pont de la Concorde; in front, the Obelisk, behind, the Rue Royale and the Church of the Madeleine; on the left, the Hôtel de Crillon. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Left-Right politics or the Left-Right political spectrum is a common way of classifying political positions, political ideologies, or political parties along a one-dimensional political spectrum. ... Second Round First Round See also: President of France, France, Politics of France Categories: Elections in France | 1995 elections ...

In social categories, Sarkozy won majorities among pensioned and inactive elders (58%), CEOs, negotiants and craftworkers (82% ), categories which are traditionally conservative ^[16]. Sarkozy lost votes, compared to Chirac, among workers (59% for Royal) and employees (58% for Royal) ^[16].

The general electoral geography did not significantly change from the first Chirac election. However, Sarkozy received a lesser score in Corrèze, Chirac's home department, and bettered Chirac's score in the North-East, where Le Pen had obtained some of his better scores in 2002 ^[16]. Overall, the increase in votes for Sarkozy between the two rounds occurred mostly in departments where the National Front's presence is strong ^[16]. Corrèze is a département in the center of France, named after the Corrèze River. ... The National Front (FN, French: ) is a French far-right, nationalist [1] political party, founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen. ...

Spoilt votes represented 4.2% of the electors (as much as in 2002 and 1995) ^[16].

Electoral issues

The election campaign raised a number of issues:

• Jobs and unemployment — France has long had an unemployment rate officially close to 10% (other statistics say 20%^{[citation needed]}), down to below 9% in 2007. Employment, and employment conditions, are a perennial concern for the French (see Economics in France and Poverty in France).
• European disunity — The presidential election followed the EU Constitution rejection vote in 2005, which threw into question the future direction of the European Union.
• International politics — A majority in France approved of President Jacques Chirac's opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States. Sarkozy is considered as pro-Washington, while Royal, although seen as probably also in line with Washington, is thought to be more moderate.^{[citation needed]} Left-wing intellectual Régis Debray's metaphor was that Sarkozy was like a direct flight to Washington DC, while Royal was a flight to Washington with a stop-off in Oslo, referring to her European inclinations ^[26]. Chirac's public opposition to the Iraq War should however be relativised, as he toned down his criticisms after a while. Furthermore, he has involved French troops in Afghanistan and agreed, immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks, on increased cooperation between Western intelligence services, materialised by the creation of Alliance Base in the centre of Paris, a joint international Counterterrorist Intelligence Centre.
• Law and order — During the 2002 campaign, law and order came to the forefront, especially with respect to unruly youths from poor suburbs. In late 2005, in some of these suburbs significant unrest erupted. Again, law and order was a forefront issue, mainstream candidates tackled the problem of reining in unruly youngsters. Sarkozy proposed measures for harsher criminal procedure for youngsters, while Royal proposed to send unruly youths to centres under military discipline.^[27] Sarkozy's attitude has been widely criticised on the left, and also by the UMP minister Azouz Begag, who defected his party to support Bayrou following Sarkozy's management of the autumn 2005 crisis ^[28].
• Immigration — The issue of immigration in France has split France. The number of deportations more than doubled since 2002, with Sarkozy as Minister of the Interior from 2002-4 and 2005-7.^[29] Sarkozy declared in April 2006 that immigrants who did not "like France" should "leave it" ^[15]. Opponents have labelled Sarkozy's attitude as repressive, in particular towards illegal aliens ^[30][31], materialised by numerous police raids against illegal aliens, strongly opposed by the left ^[32]. The main problem concerns illegal aliens (sans-papiers, lit.: "without documents") who cannot obtain work permits without proper immigration documents and are therefore mostly found in the informal economy - construction, restaurants, etc. Although the right of foreigners to vote was a classic claim of the left-wing, it has not been an important issue of the campaign. On the other hand, Sarkozy has declared himself in favour of affirmative action which has been widely contested both on the left and on the right, on grounds that it would favour communautarisme - separation of communities - along ethnic lines, and that it means taking into account ethnic alleged memberships in statistics, which is legally prohibited and not done by the INSEE. Left-wingers argued in favour of social actions not based on ethnic factors, but on geographical situation and equality of territory; however, the traditional Universalism of the French Republicans has also been criticised on the left-wing by some intellectuals supporting a middle-ground between Republican universalism and multiculturalism ^[33].
• The Far Right — The National Front, long dismissed as a fringe party, stunned many when its leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, reached the second round of the 2002 elections. Le Pen's points of focus — law and order and immigration — are now openly taken up by politicians such as Nicolas Sarkozy. Ironically, Le Pen on 12 April criticised Sarkozy for being Hungarian and asked if he should run for the president of Hungary [8] [9]. Le Pen is 79 years old, the same age which De Gaulle was when he stepped down from the presidency in 1969. His approval rating in opinion polls markedly increased after France's riots in 2005. As a counterweight, the Left and the cultural elite and athletes (like Lilian Thuram) have risen to oppose Sarkozy's response to the riots.
• Anti-neoliberalism and Disarray of left-wing parties — During the 2002 presidential elections, a number of left-wing candidates ran for office, which, according to commentators, was one reason for the defeat of Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin. Jospin blamed in particular Jean-Pierre Chevènement's candidacy, as well as Christiane Taubira's one. However, others commentators have criticised Jospin's attitude and the policies of the PS, which account, according to them, for the low score of Jospin. Inheritor of the SFIO, the PS is historically social-democrat, while the French Communist Party (PCF) is a governmental party, which participated in Jospin's Gauche plurielle (Plural Lefts) government (with ministers such as Jean-Claude Gayssot, etc.). In this sense, the PCF does not consider itself a far-left party, to the contrary of the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) or Workers' Struggle (LO). But the PCF does consider itself part of the "anti-liberal" coalition, which opposed the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE). Inside the French Socialist Party (PS, Parti socialiste) itself, Laurent Fabius headed the minority who opposed the treaty. However, the victory of the "No" during the May 2005 referendum on the TCE hasn't been exploited yet by the left parties or organisations which supported it. The main topic of the non-PS left-wings was to try to choose a single candidate for the "anti-liberal" Left, which opposes neo-liberalism. This eventually failed, and the far-left was represented by four competing candidates, Marie-George Buffet, Olivier Besancenot, José Bové and Arlette Laguiller ^[34][35]."
• High-level political scandals and disrepute — A number of scandals have tainted various French politicians, including president Jacques Chirac (see Corruption scandals in the Paris region), with some, such as former prime minister Alain Juppé, being convicted. The recent Clearstream affair was exposed as a case of forgery and denunciations involving major politicians from the ruling UMP coalition.
• Feminism — France's first woman president had the opportunity to be elected in 2007 — Ségolène Royal, a Socialist, ran following her selection on 16 November 2006 as the candidate for the Socialist Party.
• Environment — The environmental party, the Greens, are low in the polls, but Nicolas Hulot, a presenter of an environmentally-themed television show, is very popular and had considered running. Many parties, from the left to the right, were interested in his support.
• Labour — Both Royal and Sarkozy called for "labour" to be respected as a value, although the meaning of this is somewhat open to very different interpretations.
• Housing and homelessness. Following political actions by the Enfants de Don Quichotte NGO, who set up tents for homeless people by the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris and elsewhere, in December 2006, the problem of homelessness was at the centre of the campaign for a period of time. The death of veteran campaigner Abbé Pierre a short time afterward increased the focus on the issue.
• Religion and communautarisme. Sarkozy has opposed both the left-wing and Chirac on the issue of religions, adopting a stance critical of state secularism and of the 1905 law on Separation of the State and the Church. His creation of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) was strongly criticised as giving an official voice to the more radical sectors of organised Islam.
• Bayrou's candidacy. François Bayrou, leader of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) centre-right party, decided to present himself as a centrist candidate. He opposed in particular the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party led by Sarkozy. Critics have pointed-out that Bayrou and his party voted along with the UMP parliamentary majority on nearly all cases. ^[36] Bayrou's trend is generally considered to be the inheritor of the Christian-Democrat MRP.

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Officially proposed policies

• Europe
  • Ségolène Royal (Socialist Party) proposed a referendum on a new European treaty for 2009. She declared she would request guarantees on the social policies followed by the European Union, in particular by reaching an agreement with German chancellor Angela Merkel on the controversial role of the European Central Bank — contrary to the U.S Federal Reserve, the ECB has an exclusive role to counter inflation. Royal stated she would negotiate with European partners in order to include economic growth and employment as aims within the ECB's policies.^[37]) ^[38]
  • Nicolas Sarkozy (Union for a Popular Movement) proposed a simplified European treaty which would be ratified by the French Parliament instead of being submitted to a referendum. He also declared himself against the rule of unanimity in European decisions and opposed the accession of Turkey to the European Union ^[39]. Furthermore, he said he would argue in favour of revaluing the euro, increasing the European defence budget and creating a European Foreign Affairs Minister ^[40].
• International policies
  • Royal proposed a new EU-led peace proposal in the Middle East ^[41]. She also declared herself in favour of a nuclear deterrent power, increased European cooperation on military matters, relaunching the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation (see Barcelona Conference) and promoting generic drugs in developing countries ^[37].
  • Sarkozy pledged to maintain the Defence Budget at its current level; develop new weapons; create a national security council, which would respond to the President of the Republic; launch a reflection on nuclear deterrence; limit French military presence in Africa; maintain a firm policy concerning the Iranian nuclear programme, enacted in the frame of the United Nations ^[40].
• Economic and social policies
  • Royal promised a SMIC (minimum wage) of 1,500 euros per month and 90% of salary for year after losing job ^[41]. She declared herself for the repeal of the CNE employment contract ^[37]. She declared herself for the reimbursement of public aid to companies who offshored themselves, and would not support with public money firms that implement downsizing plans ^[37].
  • Sarkozy proposed to the contrary to adapt the 35-hour workweek previously established by PS minister Martine Aubry during Lionel Jospin's government by promoting overtime work.
• Energy and environment
  • Royal stated she would cut dependency on nuclear technology and that France would reach 20% of renewable energies before 2020 ^[41]. She also said she would create a public pole of energy around EDF and GDF (this diametrically opposes the merger of Suez and GDF announced in 2006 by the government of Dominique de Villepin, which involved a privatisation) ^[37].
  • Sarkozy said he would develop nuclear technologies and increase the tax on pollution ^[41]. He also said he would promote international law on environment ^[40].
• Unemployment
  • Royal promised that no youth will stay unemployed for more than six months without receiving a publicly-supported job or training ^[37]. She also said she would create zero interest loans to youth ^[37].
• Health
  • Royal said she would emphasise occupational health and safety; sanction physicians who refuse CMU patients; re-establish free medicine for illegal aliens ^[37]; create a plan of research on rare diseases; grant a weekly free medical consultation for those 16-25 years old; free contraceptives for women under 25^[37].
• Housing
  • Royal declared herself for a construction project of 120,000 council homes a year to cut the "housing crisis" as well as a private rent cap and life-long guarantee of housing (in the continuation of the debate on the droit au logement, right to housing, on the model of Scotland's 2003 Homelessness Act). She said she would simplify procedures for evicting people who were deliberately not paying their rent; and would facilitate the purchase of council housing by people who have rented it for 15 years ^[37].
  • Sarkozy promised to provide assistance for those who want to buy their council homes and to eradicate homelessness within two years ^[41]
• Immigration
  • Royal declared herself in favour of granting residency papers (i.e. of regularisation of the status of illegal aliens) if they have a work permit and reside in France for a sufficient time ^[41].
  • Sarkozy promised to cut immigration flux and favour "chosen immigration" (i.e. "qualified immigration") ^[41].
• Taxes
  • Royal said she would not increase general taxation, would lighten burden on employment-creative firms and "consolidate" the 35-hour week, a goal which would pass by decreasing its negative effects ^[41][37]. She said she would modulate tax on companies depending on if they use it for re-investment or to redistribute the profits to the shareholders ^[37]. She also declared she would simplify the procedures to create new firms and better social protection for employers ^[37].
  • Sarkozy promised to cut taxes by four percent, increase the exemption for inheritance tax to 95% and grant a "right to work for more than 35 hours." ^[41].
• Law and order
  • Royal said she would force young offenders to military-like education ^[41]. She promised to double the budget of the Minister of Justice, strengthen security on public transport, promote a law against domestic violence, reinforce judicial aid processes and create an independent organ of surveillance of the state of prisons ^[37].
  • Sarkozy declared himself in favour of minimum terms for reoffenders and tougher sentences on juvenile offenders ^[41].
• Culture and Media
  • Royal promised to support the tertiary sector of culture. She also pledged to take measures against concentration of media ownership and tax private TV companies (TF1, M6, etc.) to support public companies (France Télévisions, Arte TV etc.) ^[37].
  • Sarkozy promised free entry to national museums; to increase the budget of the Minister of Culture; to remove blocks to private patronage of the arts; to force public TV to increase the amount of cultural shows; to support the droit d'auteur (authors' rights — French version of copyright — see also DADVSI); and to support free software ^[40].
• Research
  • Royal said she would increase the research budget by 10% and increase the budget for universities to the extent that, within five years, it would reach the average of OECD countries.^[37]
  • Sarkozy said he would increase by 40% the budget dedicated to research by 2012 ^[40].
• Budget
  • Royal said a 2.5% expected economic growth would finance her promises ^[41].
  • Sarkozy gave assurances he would cut civil service costs, which account for 45% of the budget ^[41].
• Institutional reforms
  • Royal said she would grant the right of foreigners to vote in local elections ^[37]. She would repeal the veto of the Senate in constitutional matters ^[37]. She declared herself in favour of the addition of a laïcité charter (secular charter) to the Constitution ^[37].
  • Sarkozy said he would establish minimum service in the public administration (thus restricting right of strike); cut unneeded government bodies; increase the productivity of the public administration; insure state expenses by taxes only; limit the Presidency to two terms; organise the responsibility of the President before the Parliament; limit the number of ministers to 15; non-replacement of one civil servant out of two which retires and increase of wages and training in the public administration.^[40].

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Schedule for the election

• 22 February 2007: The decree convoking the election was published in the Journal officiel de la République française.^[42]
• 16 March 2007 - 18:00 (16:00 UTC): Deadline for candidates to have obtained the 500 sponsors from elected officials in at least 30 different departments or overseas territories which are required to run for president.^[43]
• 19 March 2007 - 17:30 (15:30 UTC): Official candidate list was announced by the Constitutional Council: 12 candidates.^[44]
• 9 April 2007: Official campaign started.
• 20 April 2007: Official campaign ended.
• 21 April 2007: First round of voting took place in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and in voting offices in embassies and consulates in the Americas.
• 22 April 2007: First round of voting - publication of exit polls was allowed from 20:00 (18:00 UTC) when the last polling stations closed.
• 25 April 2007: Official results of the first round announced.
• 27 April 2007: Official candidate list for second round announced. [10]
• 2 May 2007 - 21:00 (19:00 UTC): Nationally televised debate between the two candidates.
• 5 May 2007: Second round of vote in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and in voting offices in embassies and consulates in the Americas.
• 6 May 2007: Second round of voting - publication of exit polls is allowed from 20:00 (18:00 UTC) when the last polling stations close.
• 10 May 2007: Official results of the second round announced.
• 16 May 2007 - Midnight (22:00 UTC): Expiration of the term of president Jacques Chirac.

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Candidates

Requirements

The official campaign: the posters for the 12 candidates

Reference: Constitutional Council, FAQ

Further information: President of the French Republic

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Candidates must obtain signatures from 500 elected officials (e.g. mayors and members of the Parliament) supporting their candidacy. These signatures from elected officials (informally known in French as parrainages, but legally known as "presentations") must be from at least 30 different departments or overseas territories and no more than 10 percent can be from any individual department. A presentation from an elected official does not imply the official supports the policies of the candidate, but rather that this official considers the candidate to be a serious candidate. Departments (French: départements) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ...

Candidates must also submit a statement with details of their personal assets.

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There were a total of 12 candidates for the 2007 election.^[44]

Leading candidates

Four candidates consistently registered over 10% in the opinion polls and were regarded as having a reasonable chance of reaching the second round.^[45]

• Nicolas Sarkozy was nominated by the Union for a Popular Movement on 14 January 2007. He is the leader of the UMP and was Interior Minister until stepping down to focus on his campaign on 26 March 2007.^[46]
• Ségolène Royal was selected by the Socialist Party on 17 November 2006 to be the party's candidate for the election. She won 60.6% of the votes in a ballot of party members to choose their candidate, against 20.8% for Dominique Strauss-Kahn and 18.5% for Laurent Fabius. She is the first woman to represent a major French party in a presidential contest.
• François Bayrou was nominated by the centrist Union for French Democracy (UDF) on 2 December 2006.
• Jean-Marie Le Pen ran for the National Front, a far-right party which promotes policies of strong law enforcement, economic protectionism and strong measures to control immigration. As during previous presidential campaigns, Le Pen raised the question of whether he would be able to obtain the necessary 500 signatures on a number of occasions, which he claims is the result of pressure placed on elected officials by the major parties to support their own candidate (he has often claimed, during past elections, that "political elites" have sabotaged his campaigns); however, on 14 March 2007 his party said that he had obtained the necessary signatures.^[47]

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Other candidates

These were the eight other candidates who obtained the required 500 signatures from elected officials to endorse their candidacy.

• Olivier Besancenot: Revolutionary Communist League
• José Bové: Leftist who ran on an alter-globalisation platform^[48]
• Marie-George Buffet: Communist Party
• Arlette Laguiller: Workers' Struggle
• Frédéric Nihous: Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition Party
• Gérard Schivardi: styled himself as "the mayors' candidate", supported by the Workers' Party
• Philippe de Villiers: president of the Movement for France party ran on a traditionalist Catholic and eurosceptic platform, and with a firm anti-Islamic message.
• Dominique Voynet: Green Party.

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Confirmed non-candidates

• Current president Jacques Chirac announced on 11 March 2007 that he would not be standing for another term as president. It had been rumoured that President Chirac was considering running for a third term, following recent statements, including his New Year's Address on 31 December 2006, and subsequent speeches which contained robust comments on international policy and detailed national policy proposals with a suggested five year timetable. [11] In March, Chirac announced his support for Sarkozy.^[49]. There is no provision in the Constitution of 1958 specifying a limited number of terms, though a third term would have been unprecedented under the Fifth Republic.
• Christine Boutin announced that she would not be a candidate for the election and pledged her support for Nicolas Sarkozy (source: France 2 news, 2 December 2006).
• Rachid Kaci, member of the UMP and President of the group Free Right (la Droite Libre), announced his withdrawal as candidate and also pledged to support Nicolas Sarkozy on 21 December 2006 during a UMP public Forum.
• MRC chairman Jean-Pierre Chevènement announced on 10 December 2006 that he would not be running, and that his movement would back Ségolène Royal in return for an electoral agreement in the 2007 general election.
• Candidate for the Radical Party, Christiane Taubira in the 2002 election, confirmed that she would not be running following an electoral agreement between her party and the Socialist Party. The Radical Left in return will support Ségolène Royal.
• Nicolas Hulot, television presenter and environmental activist, was widely considered to be a possible candidate following the positive media and public reaction to his recent book and Environmental Charter. On 3 January 2007 Le Figaro newspaper reported that supporters of Hulot had begun gathering signatures to mount a campaign and a website, [12], was created to generate support. On 22 January he announced that he will not be a candidate.
• Corinne Lepage, environmentalist politician and activist, withdrew her candidacy in favour of Bayrou on 10 March 2007.^[50]
• Roland Castro, architect and "utopian left" activist, withdrew his candidacy on 12 March 2007.
• Édouard Fillias: Alternative Libérale, a new French libertarian party, withdrew his candidacy on 13 March 2007 in favour of Bayrou.^[51]
• Antoine Waechter: Independent Ecological Movement, withdrew his candidacy on 14 March 2007

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Did not get enough endorsements

• Yves-Marie Adeline
• Yves Aubry
• Soheib Bencheikh
• Jacques Cheminade
• Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: former member of Union for a Popular Movement, announced on RTL radio on 10 January 2007 that he had obtained approximately 310 promises for signatures to validate his candidacy and intended to stand on a 'sovereignist' platform, against further European integration through the EU.
• France Gamerre: Génération Écologie

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Legal issues and freedom of speech

Official campaign posters of candidates often were vandalised.

Transparent ballot boxes have been required since 1988.

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• Prominent political commentator Alain Duhamel was suspended in 2006 after a video was published on DailyMotion, where he stated his personal intentions of voting for François Bayrou.

• Candidate Gérard Schivardi was banned from calling himself le candidat des maires ("the candidate of the mayors"). The 2 April 2007 judicial injunction^[52] was requested by the Association of French Mayors, who feared that the candidate might be perceived as officially endorsed by the country's mayors. As a result, he was unable to use the 25 million electoral flyers already printed, which he claims will cost his campaign €300,000. ^[53]Thus he styled himself as "the candidates of mayors" or "candidate of some mayors" ("de maires" rather than "des maires" — see United Nations Security Council Resolution 242#Semantic dispute for an analogy of this difference between de and des).

Some French cities used voting machines.

• Using the three colours of the national flag (blue, white, and red) on electoral advertisements or partisan documentation is prohibited by electoral regulations.^[54]. Ségolène Royal contended that the book Ensemble ("together") published by Nicolas Sarkozy, whose cover is blue, white and red,^[55] is effectively an electoral partisan documentation and should be covered by this prohibition.^[56]

• François Bayrou proposed the idea of organising a "debate over the Internet" between the four leading candidates, in order to circumvent the obligation of TV and radio channels to provide equal times to all twelve candidates. However, Nicolas Sarkozy was opposed to such a debate, believing it would be illegal.^[57]

• French law prohibits publishing the results of opinion polls related to the election during the day of the election and the preceding day, so as to prevent undue influencing of the vote.^[58] No estimate can be given before Sunday 8 PM, when the last voting office closes and official counts begin to be released. However, media from neighbouring countries, which are not bound by these regulations, have long broadcasted estimates (Télévision Suisse Romande in particular). In 2007, the issue took a particular importance because of the generalisation of blogs and Internet pages. Journalist Jean-Marc Morandini stirred turmoil when he announced his intention of publishing results on his blog as soon as 18h00 [13]. Another problem was that the results from the voting offices in the Americas (consulates and French overseas possessions) were counted on Saturday night^[59], and some began circulating rumours as to these results.

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Abstention and spoilt votes

Abstention was exceptionally low, as well as protest votes. Blank vote (going to vote, but deliberately cancelling one's ballot, by any means possible — tearing it in two, writing Tintin on it, or anything absurd as such) is not included in official counts — i.e. it is considered a spoilt vote, counted as equivalent to abstention. A very small party, the Parti Blanc (White Party, for "white vote," i.e. blank vote) has called for the official count of white votes by the state (as in None of the above systems). It organised a march in Paris on Wednesday 18 March 2007 in which only thirty people participated. ^[60]. Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not goes to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, isnt absent during the vote, but does not cast a ballot. ... A Protest vote is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate the casters unhappiness with the choice of candidates or the current political system. ... A Protest vote is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate the casters unhappiness with the choice of candidates or refusal of the current political system. ... Tintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou) Tintin and Snowy (original French language names: Tintin et Milou), a journalist and his canine companion, are a pair of adventurers who travel around the world in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books drawn and written by the Belgian cartoonist Georges... In voting, a ballot paper is considered to be spoilt, void, or null if it is regarded by the election authorities to contain irregularities during vote counting, and hence cannot be recorded as a valid vote. ... None of the Above (NOTA) is a ballot choice in some jurisdictions or organizations, placed so as to allow the voter to indicate his disapproval with all of the candidates in any voting system. ...

Electronic voting

For the first time in a presidential election, electronic voting has been introduced in some areas. Voting machines have been authorised in 2004. They have been introduced in only 82 of 36,000 voting districts, and have been criticised by a number of people, both on the left and on the right ^[61]. A petition against them has also been made (see Wikinews:Electronic voting disputed in France). Electronic voting machine by Diebold Election Systems used in all Brazilian elections and plebiscites. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of the 36,568 communes of metropolitan France. ... Look up Petition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Position of third parties

French personalities

Approximately 200 French intellectuals expressed support for Ségolène Royal. These included the philosopher Etienne Balibar (a student of Louis Althusser) ^[33], the editor François Maspero, the historian Pierre Rosanvallon, the psychanalyst Fethi Benslama, the philosopher Jacques Bouveresse, the sociologist Robert Castel, the philosopher Catherine Colliot-Thélène, the writer Chloé Delaume, the historian Michel Dreyfus, the anthropologist Françoise Héritier, the sculptor Françoise Jolivet, the film-maker Roy Lekus, the sociologist Eric Macé, the philosopher Pierre Macherey, the philosopher Jean-Claude Monod the artist Ariane Mnouchkine, the economist Yann Moulier Boutang (involved with Multitudes), the historian Gérard Noiriel, the historian Pascal Ory, the historian Michelle Perrot, the economist Thomas Piketty, the historian Benjamin Stora, the anthropologist Emmanuel Terray, the lawyer Michel Tubiana (former president of the Human Rights League), and the sociologist Loïc Wacquant (a student of Pierre Bourdieu). ^[62]. Étienne Balibar is a French philosopher, who first rose to prominence as one of Louis Althussers pupils at the École Normale Supérieure, particularly as a participant in Althussers seminar on Marxs Capital. ... Louis Pierre Althusser (Pronunciation: altuË¡seʁ) (October 16, 1918 – October 23, 1990) was a Marxist philosopher. ... François Maspero (b 1932 in Paris [1]) is a French author and journalist, best known as an editor for leftist books in the 1970s. ... Pierre Rosanvallon (b. ... Jacques Bouveresse (born 1940) is a philosopher who has written on subjects including Ludwig Wittgenstein, Musil, Karl Kraus, the philosophy of science, epistemology, the philosophy of mathematics, and analytical philosophy. ... Chloé Delaume (born 1973 in Paris) is a French award-winning novelist, performer, musician, and occasional singer. ... Françoise Héritier is a French anthropologue who succeeded to Claude Lévi-Strauss at the Collège de France institution. ... Pierre Macherey (b. ... Ariane Mnouchkine (born 1939 in Boulogne-sur-Seine) is a French stage and film director. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Ligue des droits de lhomme (LDH, Human Rights League) is a French NGO founded on June 4, 1898, by the republican Ludovic Trarieux to defend captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jew wrongly accused of treason - this would be known as the Dreyfus Affair. ... Loïc Wacquant is a sociologist, specializing in urban sociology, poverty, and ethnography. ... Pierre Bourdieu (August 1, 1930 – January 23, 2002) was an acclaimed French sociologist whose work employed methods drawn from a wide range of disciplines: from philosophy and literary theory to sociology and anthropology. ...

Régis Debray called to vote first for a far-left candidate, then Royal in the second round.^[26] Jules Régis Debray is a French intellectual, journalist, government official and professor. ...

On the other hand, the so-called Nouveaux Philosophes were split on their support. André Glucksmann called to vote Sarkozy ^[63], while Bernard-Henri Lévy voted for Ségolène Royal.^[64] Max Gallo, who had supported the left-wing Republican Jean-Pierre Chevènement in 2002, joined Sarkozy five years later.^[65] Pascal Bruckner and Alain Finkielkraut have also proved close to Sarkozy, although they did not declare support for him, but Sarkozy did support Finkielkraut after controversial statements made in Haaretz newspaper following the 2005 civil unrest.^[66] According to the journalist Jacques Julliard, the support of some French intellectuals for the 2003 invasion of Iraq is the root of their rallying to Sarkozy, following the creation of the review titled Le Meilleur des mondes (Brave New World). Pascal Bruckner (who recently aroused controversy for his racist statements), historian Stéphane Courtois, Thérèse Delpech, André Glucksmann, Romain Goupil, Pierre-André Taguieff, Olivier Rollin, and Pierre Rigoulot are frequent contributors to this review. The New Philosophers (nouveaux philosophes) are intellectuals such as André Glucksmann, Alain Finkielkraut and Bernard Henri-Lévy who came to prominence in the 1970s in France as critics of philosophers such as Sartre and Foucault, on the grounds that the latter were part of the same nihilistic tradition as... André Glucksmann, French philosopher and writer. ... Bernard-Henri Lévy (born November 5, 1948 in Béni-Saf, Algeria) is a French intellectual and businessman. ... Max Gallo (born Nice 7 January 1932) is a French writer, historian and politician. ... Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement (born March 9, 1939 in Belfort) is a French politician. ... Pascal Bruckner (born December 15, 1948 in Paris) is a French writer. ... Alain Finkielkraut (b. ... Haaretz (Hebrew: (help· info), The Land) is an Israeli newspaper, founded in 1919. ... Pascal Bruckner (born December 15, 1948 in Paris) is a French writer. ... Stéphane Courtois is a French historian, currently employed as research director (i. ... André Glucksmann, French philosopher and writer. ... Pierre-Andre Taguieff, born at 1946 in Paris is a philosopher and political economist, director of research at CNRS (in a Institut dEtudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) laboratory, the CEVIPOF). ... Pierre Rigoulot is a French historian. ...

Tennis player Yannick Noah called to vote for Royal, while Sarkozy obtained the support of the rapper Doc Gyneco, and former politician and current actor Bernard Tapie. He also had the support of actors Jean Reno and Christian Clavier, both residing in Neuilly-sur-Seine where Sarkozy has been mayor since 1983 ^[67]. But also of industrialist Martin Bouygues, whose children frequented the same school as Sarkozy's offspring ^[67]. The humourist Dieudonné and the writer Alain Soral supported Jean-Marie Le Pen. Yannick Noah (born May 18, 1960, Sedan, Ardennes, France) is a former professional tennis player from France. ... Doc Gynéco is a popular French hip hop artist. ... Bernard Tapie (born January 26, 1943 in Paris) is a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. ... Jean Reno (born Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez, July 30, 1948) is a French actor of Spanish descent. ... Christian Clavier is a French actor born May 6, 1952 in Paris. ... Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine département in France. ... Bouygues (Euronext: EN) is a French industrial group listed on Euronext Paris. ... Dieudonné Mbala Mbala, generally known simply as Dieudonné (born 1966 in Fontenay-aux-Roses near Paris to a woman from Brittany and an African father from Cameroon) is a controversial French comedian who claims to be politically anti-racist, but who has been often accused of being anti... Alain Soral, French journalist, writer, essay writer and marxist sociologist, is the author of several polemical essays. ...

International support

Abroad, Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy, gave his support to Sarkozy immediately following the first round, while Romano Prodi, the current Italian premier and leader of the centre-left Union coalition, called for an alliance between Bayrou and Royal ^[68].   (born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ... In Italy, the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the countrys prime minister or head of government, and occupies the fourth-most important state office. ...   (born 9 August 1939) is a centre-left Italian politician. ... The Union (Italian: LUnione) is an Italian centre-left political party coalition. ...

Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has shown his support for Royal. ^[69]. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

European commissioner and Vice-President Margot Wallström was criticised after she informally suggested support for Royal on her blog, celebrating the fact that a woman got into the second round. She said: "J'étais si contente de voir qu'une femme participera au deuxième tour de l‘élection présidentielle!" (I was so happy to see that a woman would be participating in the second round of the presidential election!) ^[70] Commissioners are not meant to be politically biased in elections under their code of conduct ^[71]. It should be noted that Wallström is a social-democrat, like Royal. José Manuel Barroso, the head of the European Commission, has privately discussed the idea of forming a "strategic partnership" with Mr. Sarkozy. ^[72] The Commission seat in Brussels The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... Margot Wallström First-Vice-President, 2004 to 2009 A Vice President of the European Commission is a position given to a Commissioner in addition to their usual portfolio. ... Margot Wallström Margot Wallström (born September 28, 1954), is Swedish politician, Social Democrat, and currently First Vice President and Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy Commissioner of the European Commission. ... José Manuel Durão Barroso (pronunced: IPA, ) (born in Lisbon, March 23, 1956) is a Portuguese politician. ...

Many U.S. pundits and western economists expressed support for Nicolas Sarkozy. Steve Forbes devoted several columns in the influential financial publication FORBES Magazine^[73]. The London-based magazineThe Economist also expressed support for Sarkozy's economic platform^{[citation needed]}. A pandit or pundit(पन्दित् in Devanagari) is a Hindu Brahmin who has memorized a substantial portion of the Vedas, along with the proper rhythms and melodies for chanting or singing them. ... Economists are scholars conducting research in the field of economics. ... Nicolas Sarkozy   (born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa on 28 January 1955 in Paris, France) is the President-Elect of France after defeating Socialist Party leader Ségolène Royal during the 2007 election. ... Malcolm Stevenson Steve Forbes Jr. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London, UK. It has been in continuous publication since September 1843. ...

International media coverage

The 2007 presidential elections have been heavily covered by international media due to the significance of France's stature as a European Union member as well as being a member of the G8 nations. For example, on 22 April 2007, CNN International carried live coverage of Ségolène Royal's speech after the day's election. Hala Gorani of CNN also conducted a live interview and analysis with some of France's bloggers and political insiders after Ségolène Royal's speech. G-8 work session; July 20-22, 2001. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Marie-Ségolène Royal (born 22 September 1953 in Dakar, Senegal), known as  , (IPA: ) is a French politician. ... Hala Gorani during a CNN broadcast Hala Gorani (b. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... This article is about a type of web application. ... Marie-Ségolène Royal (born 22 September 1953 in Dakar, Senegal), known as  , (IPA: ) is a French politician. ...

Riots

Pro-Ségolène Royal youth chanted against Nicolas Sarkozy

A gathering of opponents to Sarkozy on Place de la Bastille in Paris, on May 6 evening, quickly ended in confrontations between the far-left and the riot control forces

Bastille tear-gased

Thousands of youths took to the streets Sunday night following the final presidential election results. Riots erupted in several urban centers including the capital Paris where some of the most intense clashes were reported in the Place de la Bastille ^[74]. A gathering of opponents to Sarkozy there quickly ended in confrontations between the youth and the riot control forces, who tear gased the whole place. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (1020 × 681 pixel, file size: 130 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Manifestations et émeutes, Paris, France (place de la Bastille et environs), le 6 mai 2007 suite à lélection de Nicolas Sarkozy à la présidence de la... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (1020 × 681 pixel, file size: 130 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Manifestations et émeutes, Paris, France (place de la Bastille et environs), le 6 mai 2007 suite à lélection de Nicolas Sarkozy à la présidence de la... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (680 × 1020 pixel, file size: 108 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Manifestations et émeutes, Paris, France (place de la Bastille et environs), le 6 mai 2007 suite à lélection de Nicolas Sarkozy à la présidence de la... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (680 × 1020 pixel, file size: 108 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Manifestations et émeutes, Paris, France (place de la Bastille et environs), le 6 mai 2007 suite à lélection de Nicolas Sarkozy à la présidence de la... The Place de la Bastille ( ) is a square in Paris, where the Bastille prison stood until it was stormed and subsequently torn down between July 14, 1789 and July 14, 1790 during the French Revolution; no vestige of it remains. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 445 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1921 × 2588 pixel, file size: 659 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Place de la Bastille the night that followed the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as the President of the Republic of France on May 6th 2007. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 445 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1921 × 2588 pixel, file size: 659 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Place de la Bastille the night that followed the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as the President of the Republic of France on May 6th 2007. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... The Place de la Bastille ( ) is a square in Paris, where the Bastille prison stood until it was stormed and subsequently torn down between July 14, 1789 and July 14, 1790 during the French Revolution; no vestige of it remains. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

732 cars were torched according to estimates of the DGPN (direction of the police) and government buildings and property came under attack. Police clashed with protesters who were described by French media as members of the ultra-left and of the autonome movement or youth from the suburbs ^[75]. During the fighting dozens of officers were injured and 592 alleged rioters were arrested ^[76]. 70 people were arrested in the North department and 79 in Paris ^[77]. Overall the situation remained calm. Typical police van in the streets of Paris. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... For other meanings of autonomism, see autonomism (disambiguation) page Raised fist, stenciled protest symbol of Autonome at the Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus in Vienna, Austria Autonomism refers to a set of left-wing political and social movements and theories close to the socialist movement. ...

Some clashes continued on the night of monday to tuesday, with 365 torched cars and 160 alleged rioters detained by the police ^[75]. Ten people were judged in comparution immédiate monday. Two of them were given firm prison sentences of six and three months respectively, and two others to 120 hours of TIG (General Interest Labour, an alternative sentence to prison) ^[75]. Another one has been given a two months firm prison sentence and two others TIG hours ^[78].Some of the people judged in Lyon have denied any involvement in the riots (two of them received 120 hours of TIG and a 200 euros fine) ^[79]. The Chicago Police Department arrests a man An arrest is the action of the police, or person acting under the law, to take a person into custody, usually so that they may be forthcoming to answer for the commission of a crime. ... Tig may refer to: TIG Welding, a metal welding process. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Arpitan: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 47. ...

A 31 years-old engineer deposed a courtsuit, alleging he had been victim of police brutality wednesday night, following his release from the police office during the night. He claimed that he had not taken part to the demonstrations, but had been arrested nonetheless ^[80]. 300 to 400 persons demonstrated on the Boulevard Saint-Michel wednesday 9 May. 118 of them were arrested by 9 PM ^[81]. David Kirkwood on the ground after being struck by police batons Police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force, assault, verbal attacks, and threats by police officers and other law enforcement officers. ... The Boulevard Saint-Michel is one of the two major streets in the Quartier Latin of Paris (the other being the Boulevard Saint-Germain). ...

Opinion polling

Exit polls second round

Nicolas Sarkozy   (born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa on 28 January 1955 in Paris, France) is the President-Elect of France after defeating Socialist Party leader Ségolène Royal during the 2007 election. ... The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, UMP), initially named the Union for the Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle), is the main French conservative political party. ... Marie-Ségolène Royal (born 22 September 1953 in Dakar, Senegal), known as  , (IPA: ) is a French politician. ... The Socialist Party (French: Parti Socialiste or PS) is one of the largest political parties in France. ...

Before the second round of vote

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Exit polls first round

Expatriated voters queue in Lausanne for the first round

Under French Law, exit polls were not officially allowed to be published until after the polling stations close at 1800 UTC. Three polls, the first published by France 2 television conducted by Ipsos, the second conducted by Sofres, the third conducted by CSA, gave: Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (4368 × 2912 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (4368 × 2912 pixel, file size: 1. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Lausanne (pronounced ) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura mountains to its north. ...

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Before first round of vote

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March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (90th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (90th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (87th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... 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March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (75th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... For the Lebanese political coalition, see March 14 Alliance. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... For the Lebanese political coalition, see March 14 Alliance. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (69th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... 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February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

See also

• Elections in France
• Two-round system

France is a representative democracy. ... An example of runoff voting. ...

References

The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion (US$7. ... Le Monde is also the name of a song by the Thievery Corporation. ... 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RFI can mean: Radio Frequency Interference or electromagnetic interference Radio France Internationale Request For Information, a business process Requirement for Improvement, a citation from Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Return From Interrupt, a PowerPC machine instruction Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rifle Factory, Ishapore- an arms manufacturing facility located at... Le Figaro (English: ) is one of the leading French morning daily newspapers. ... Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. ... LHumanité (Humanity), formerly the daily newspaper of the French Communist Party (PCF), was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the SFIO socialist party. ... Nicolas Sarkozy   (born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa on 28 January 1955 in Paris, France) is the President-Elect of France after defeating Socialist Party leader Ségolène Royal during the 2007 election. ... Michel Onfray (born January 1, 1959 in Argentan, Orne, France) is a French philosopher. ... Le Monde is also the name of a song by the Thievery Corporation. ... Le Monde is also the name of a song by the Thievery Corporation. ... Article of the Canard Enchaîné mocking Nicolas Sarkozy and citing Wikipedia as source. ... LHumanité (Humanity), formerly the daily newspaper of the French Communist Party (PCF), was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the SFIO socialist party. ... Le Monde is also the name of a song by the Thievery Corporation. ... Jules Régis Debray is a French intellectual, journalist, government official and professor. ... Le Monde is also the name of a song by the Thievery Corporation. ... LHumanité (Humanity), formerly the daily newspaper of the French Communist Party (PCF), was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the SFIO socialist party. ... Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. ... LHumanité (Humanity), formerly the daily newspaper of the French Communist Party (PCF), was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the SFIO socialist party. ... Le Monde is also the name of a song by the Thievery Corporation. ... LHumanité (Humanity), formerly the daily newspaper of the French Communist Party (PCF), was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the SFIO socialist party. ... Le Monde is also the name of a song by the Thievery Corporation. ... Le Monde diplomatique (nicknamed Le Diplo by its French readers) is a monthly publication offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. ... Étienne Balibar is a French philosopher, who first rose to prominence as one of Louis Althussers pupils at the École Normale Supérieure, particularly as a participant in Althussers seminar on Marxs Capital. ... Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. ... LHumanité (Humanity), formerly the daily newspaper of the French Communist Party (PCF), was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the SFIO socialist party. ... LHumanité (Humanity), formerly the daily newspaper of the French Communist Party (PCF), was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the SFIO socialist party. ... 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Malcolm Stevenson Steve Forbes Jr. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... Le Figaro (English: ) is one of the leading French morning daily newspapers. ... Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. ... Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. ... Le Figaro (English: ) is one of the leading French morning daily newspapers. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Croatian political parties ... 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