Nicolas Sarkozy: a New Way or Entering the Same River Twice?

... engages the rank-and-file and sports openness to improve its chances at the regional elections next December and in the 2017 national race. These developments should also interest those further afield. If Sarkozy appears a solid presidential candidate, Russian politicians and pundits should focus on all UMP-related issues, since in addition to graphic party-building and campaigning feats, Sarkozy is known as a foreign policy achiever. As has been noted, the rightists allocate France a special place in the world and the relevant responsibility, which ...