# Sarkozy wins presidency -- what now for France? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 7, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarkozy-wins-presidency-what-now-for-france/403164 "2007-05-07T22:49:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarkozy-wins-presidency-what-now-for-france/403164/1 "2007-05-07T22:49:43Z")
We have [two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=419478) [ongoing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=417837) threads about the recent French election, but since they were started before the election there’s a lot of predictive speculation in them. Now that Sarkozy’s election is a _fait accompli,_ I think a thread without that distraction is in order. 1. What will Sarkozy’s administration mean for France’s economic policies? 2. For its immigration policies? And treatment of immigrants? 3. For its relations to the EU and the future of the EU? 4. For its relations to the U.S.? Sarkozy was supposed to be more pro-American than Royal (which does not mean he’ll be deploying troops to Iraq). ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarkozy-wins-presidency-what-now-for-france/403164/2 "2007-05-08T01:12:31Z")
1. Will Sarkozy’s win translate into a UMP majority in the upcoming National Assembly elections? France altered it’s constitution a few years ago so both the President and Assembly had 5 year terms. Could something weird happen like a Socialist majority (would that make Royal or Hollande the Prime Minister)? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarkozy-wins-presidency-what-now-for-france/403164/3 "2007-05-08T18:02:22Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] 6) Will Sarkozy’s win translate into a UMP majority in the upcoming National Assembly elections? France altered it’s constitution a few years ago so both the President and Assembly had 5 year terms. Could something weird happen like a Socialist majority (would that make Royal or Hollande the Prime Minister)? [/QUOTE] When exactly is that election? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarkozy-wins-presidency-what-now-for-france/403164/4 "2007-05-08T18:17:12Z")
If you are interested BG, I found this article on [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_presidential_election,_2007) talking about some of this stuff: There are some good charts and other stats on that page as well. They also go into the various issues that made up the election. I’ve only skimmed the page thus far but there is a lot of good info there relating to the election. -XT ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarkozy-wins-presidency-what-now-for-france/403164/5 "2007-05-08T18:25:03Z")
An article on the [National Assembly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_France), its current make up and such…again, if you are interested in this stuff and as it doesn’t look like any of our French Dopers are going to make an appearence to untangle things. -XT ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarkozy-wins-presidency-what-now-for-france/403164/6 "2007-05-09T21:26:38Z")
According to [this,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_legislative_election%2C_2007) the legislative election will be in two rounds, June 10 and June 17, and the UMP and its allies are expected to retain their majority. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarkozy-wins-presidency-what-now-for-france/403164/7 "2007-05-14T23:45:58Z")
Interesting – [Sarkozy just named a prominent Socialist as his foreign minister.](http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2542364.ece) (Bernard Kouchner, one of the founders of Doctors Without Borders.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarkozy-wins-presidency-what-now-for-france/403164/8 "2007-06-19T19:55:21Z")
Update: In the [legislative elections,](http://www.guardian.co.uk:80/france/story/0,,2105424,00.html) Sarkozy’s party suffered a setback in winning fewer seats than expected. However, it still should have enough votes in Parliament to get Sarkozy’s program through. So what now?