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63-615: During the French presidential election of 2007 , a group of former high-ranking civil servants published an open letter titled Merci, François ! ("Thank you, François!"), and signed " Les Gracques ", in Le Point of 22 March 2007. The manifesto praised François Bayrou , advocated a Social democrat approach for the Socialist Party , and an alignment of the French political spectrum with that of

126-512: A ballot for that party. This means that people could be elected for a party who do not have the support of the people behind the party. To avoid this, the party must apply for a protected label. There are no regulations for how a party whose party label isn't protected must be organised. Forming a party or running in the election is thus comparatively easy, and there have been occasions where a single individual has put up dozens of different ballots with various more or less frivolous names and himself as

189-728: A candidate are defined by the organic law of 6 November 1962. All candidates must be of French nationality and at least 23 years old (the same requirement as for the candidates to the National Assembly ). Candidates must obtain signatures from 500 elected officials (mayors, members of Parliament, elected representatives) 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 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

252-507: A candidate for the House of Commons, a citizen must be at least 18 years old on election day. A candidate must obtain a number of signatures from eligible voters in the riding they are standing in – normally 100 signatures, but 50 signatures are acceptable in designated remote or large ridings. A candidate does not need to live in the riding where they are nominated, but can only be nominated in one riding. The nomination requirements are set out by

315-544: A candidate or party must not only be nominated but also has to pass separate rules in order to be listed on the ballot paper . In the United States , this is called ballot access . Canadian citizens have a constitutional right to stand for election to the House of Commons of Canada and to the provincial legislative assemblies. A citizen does not need to be nominated by a political party to stand for election. To be nominated as

378-488: 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. 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

441-693: A deposit is required as well as signatures. In the Republic of Ireland , candidates may be nominated either by a registered political party or by 60 members of the relevant electorate. The right to stand as a candidate at elections to the European Parliament and municipal elections is in Article 39 and Article 40 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union . Candidates for the office of President of

504-481: A federal statute, the Canada Elections Act , and administered by a federal non-partisan agency, Elections Canada . A candidate can also seek the nomination from a registered political party to represent that party in the election. The party nomination is separate from the nomination process with Elections Canada. Each political party sets its own nomination process and runs the nomination process itself. As

567-465: A former Socialist, Max Gallo , who had supported left-wing Republican Jean-Pierre Chevènement in 2002, Eric Besson , 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 ), decided to vote for Bayrou. Centrist figures of

630-403: A general rule, only members of the party are entitled to vote in the party nomination process. At the federal level, there are rules governing contributions and spending for party nominations. If a political party is registered with Elections Canada and has nominated the candidate to represent the party, the party affiliation can be included on the ballot. Nomination rules are similar in each of

693-401: A number of issues: Approximately 200 French intellectuals expressed support for Ségolène Royal. These included the philosopher Étienne Balibar (a student of Louis Althusser ), the editor François Maspero , the historian Pierre Rosanvallon , the psychoanalyst Fethi Benslama , the philosopher Jacques Bouveresse , the sociologist Robert Castel , the philosopher Catherine Colliot-Thélène ,

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756-465: A number of signatures from eligible voters: 50 for municipal elections, 150 for county council elections, and 1,500 for elections to the Riksdag or the European Parliament. Finally, the name of the party must not be too close to the name of an already protected party label in order to avoid confusion. A party with a protected label is protected against ballots with party labels that are confusingly similar to

819-538: 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 18:00. Another problem was that the results from the voting offices in the Americas (consulates and French overseas possessions) were counted on Saturday night, and some began circulating rumours as to these results. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The first round saw

882-633: A surprising 16.9% and qualified for the second round. 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. This was the first time since 1981 that Laguiller had endorsed the Socialist Party's candidate. Olivier Besancenot called his supporters to vote against Sarkozy. Frédéric Nihous and Gérard Schivardi never officially supported either Royal or Sarkozy. Philippe de Villiers called for

945-775: A televised debate . By around 6:15 pm local time on 6 May, Belgian and Swiss news sources such as Le Soir , RTBF , La Libre Belgique and La Tribune de Genève 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. 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, nearly 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

1008-404: A very high turnout of 83.8% – 36.7 million of the 44.5 million electorate voted from a population of 64.1 million (not including French people living abroad). 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

1071-485: A vote for Sarkozy. Le Pen told his voters to "abstain massively" in the second round. On 25 April, Bayrou declared he would not support either candidate in the runoff, 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

1134-610: 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). 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

1197-558: 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. Many U.S. pundits and western economists expressed support for Nicolas Sarkozy . Steve Forbes devoted several columns in the influential financial publication FORBES Magazine . The London-based magazine The Economist also expressed support for Sarkozy's economic platform . In 2011, according to

1260-485: Is distinct from active suffrage , the right to vote. The criteria to stand as a candidate depends on the individual legal system. They may include the age of a candidate , citizenship, endorsement by a political party and profession. Laws' restrictions, such as competence or moral aptitude, can be used in a discriminatory manner. Restrictive and discriminatory nomination rules can impact the civil rights of candidates, political parties, and voters. In some jurisdictions

1323-880: The Alsace-Lorraine region). 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 Brittany , except in the department of Morbihan , but a fifth of electors in Brittany voted for Bayrou. Nièvre and Seine-Saint-Denis were other departments where she came first, as well as

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1386-466: The United Kingdom Parliament , Scottish Parliament , Senedd or Northern Ireland Assembly requires the signed assent of ten registered electors, plus an election deposit of £500, which is forfeited if the candidate wins less than 5% of the vote. A candidate for local government office does not need to pay a deposit (except for mayoral elections, for which the deposit is £500), but needs

1449-428: The overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (6.5%, along with 5.1% for José Bové; only 6.7% for Le Pen). Nomination rules Nomination rules in elections regulate the conditions under which a candidate or political party is entitled to stand for election. The right to stand for election , right to be a candidate or passive suffrage is one part of free and fair elections . Passive suffrage

1512-472: 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

1575-517: 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

1638-592: The "great nations of Europe and Northern America", meaning an alliance between the Left and the Centre against the Right-wing. After the election, the signatories and their sympathisers founded a thinktank, as a Voluntary association ( association loi de 1901 ), and published a formal manifesto. The Gracques notably define themselves as democratic , liberal , desegregationist , pro- labour , favourable toward state regulation of

1701-634: 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 . 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

1764-616: The 2005 civil unrest. 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 , historian Stéphane Courtois , Thérèse Delpech , André Glucksmann , Romain Goupil , Pierre-André Taguieff , Olivier Rollin , and Pierre Rigoulot are frequent contributors to this review. Tennis player Yannick Noah called to vote for Royal, while Sarkozy obtained

1827-465: 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. 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;

1890-684: 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), Green 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

1953-554: 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. Overall, the left-wing reached 36% of the votes, against 19% for the "centre", 33% for the right wing and 11% for the far right . 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

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2016-586: The No. 1 board, those for Marie-George Buffet on the No. 2 board, etc., regardless of where in France the boards were located. There were 12 candidates for the 2007 election. Four candidates consistently registered over 10% in the opinion polls and were regarded as having a reasonable chance of reaching the second round. These were the eight other candidates who obtained the required 500 signatures from elected officials to endorse their candidacy. The election campaign raised

2079-595: The Republic require 500 signatures of elected individuals (mayors, MPs, regional councillors). Candidates for election to the European Parliament , the Riksdag , county councils or municipal councils stand on the ballots of their respective parties. Parties can have one or several lists. The so-called "free right of nomination" ( fri nomineringsrätt ) means that if a party has not protected its party label, anyone can set up

2142-657: The Socialist party, such as Michel Rocard and Bernard Kouchner , called for an alliance between Bayrou and Royal, which might have had consequences in the June 2007 legislative elections – these determined the parliamentary majority , and decided that France would 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

2205-407: The day of the election and the preceding day, so as to prevent undue influencing of the vote. 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 broadcast estimates ( Télévision Suisse Romande in particular). In 2007, the issue took

2268-587: The department. Le Pen. meanwhile, managed only 6.5%. Le Pen's highest departmental tallies occurred in Aisne (17.3%) and Haute-Marne (17%). Other departments to give him more than 15% were the Vaucluse (16.8%), Haute-Saône (16.5%), Meuse (16.3%), Ardennes (16.2% – where left-wing candidate Besancenot received 5.35%), Pas-de-Calais (16%), Oise (15.9%), Corse-du-Sud (15.9%), Vosges (15.7%), and Gard (15.4%), Departments where Besancenot obtained more than 5% of

2331-968: The deputy of Ussel , also voted slightly in favour of Royal, as did the Creuse , one of the least-populated departments of France. The Alpes-Maritimes , part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region where the National Front won several cities in the 1990s ( Toulon of the Var , Marignane of the Bouches-du-Rhône 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. The Vendée voted 29.7% for Sarkozy, 21.7% for Royal, 20.8% for Bayrou, and 11.3% for Philippe de Villiers , deputy of

2394-828: The economy , favourable toward wealth redistribution , pro- ecology , pro-European , and internationalist . The original members have been rumoured to include Jean-Pierre Jouyet , Denis Olivennes , Roger Godino , Matthieu Pigasse , Ariane Obolensky , Bernard Spitz , Guillaume Hannezo , François Villeroy de Galhau , Gilles de Margerie . As of late 2008, the association claims about 770 members. The organisation's Summer Universities in 2007 and 2008 have featured such speakers as Michel Rocard , Anthony Giddens , Walter Veltroni , Peter Mandelson and François Chérèque . 2007 French presidential election Jacques Chirac UMP Nicolas Sarkozy UMP Presidential elections were held in France on 21 and 22 April 2007 to elect

2457-566: The first to have seen adulthood under the Fifth Republic , and the first not to have been in politics under Charles de Gaulle . For the first time in a presidential election, electronic voting was introduced in some areas, having been authorised in 2004. They were introduced in only 82 of 36,000 voting districts , and were criticised by a number of people, both on the left and on the right. A petition against them has also been made (see Wikinews:Electronic voting disputed in France ). Using

2520-509: 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 ). Régis Debray called to vote first for a far-left candidate, then Royal in the second round. On the other hand,

2583-557: The name of the party they want to vote for. To be given a protected label, a party must have a constitution, a board, and must decide on its name and on applying for protected label status with the Swedish Central Elections Authority. It must also appoint someone to act on its behalf when presenting the application to the Elections Authority. These decisions must be laid down in a protocol. It must also require

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2646-505: 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-Étienne , 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

2709-455: The official supports the policies of the candidate, but rather that this official considers the candidate to be a serious candidate. Candidates must also submit a statement with details of their personal assets. The Constitutional Council published the official candidate list on 20 March 2007. The candidates were listed in a randomised order. This order was used for the official campaign: thus, posters for Olivier Besancenot were always be on

2772-536: The only candidate. Parties pay for their own ballots unless they have received more than 1 percent of the vote in one of the last two Riksdag elections, in which case the Elections Authority pays. (Further, parties that have received more than 1 percent of the vote in one of the last two elections to the European Parliament get their ballots paid for in European elections as well.) The Elections Authority makes sure, however, that there are blank ballots where voters can write in

2835-485: 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. 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

2898-722: The party's own, or ballots with other candidates than those the party reports. (This does not hold for other areas than the one where the party is running - hence there can be and there are completely separate parties with the same name in different municipalities and county councils.) In return, it must ensure that its candidates have agreed in writing to run for the party. Article 36 of the Law on Political Parties, as amended in 2021 by Law No. 7393, stipulates that in order to participate in elections: political parties must have established an organization in at least half of Turkey’s provinces, must have held their grand congresses at least six months before

2961-596: The same school as Sarkozy's offspring. The humourist Dieudonné and the writer Alain Soral supported Jean-Marie Le Pen. Actress Juliette Binoche supported José Bové. The song Elle est facho (She's a fascist) on the Rouge Sang album by singer Renaud released in 2006 gained particular media attention for lyrics in the last verse that translate as "she's a fascist and votes Sarko" Prominent political commentator Alain Duhamel

3024-626: The so-called Nouveaux Philosophes were split on their support. André Glucksmann called to vote Sarkozy, while Bernard-Henri Lévy voted for Ségolène Royal. Max Gallo , who had supported the left-wing Republican Jean-Pierre Chevènement in 2002, joined Sarkozy five years later. 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

3087-453: The son of the Libyan leader Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, Sarkozy was provided with financial support from Libya during the presidential election. In 2012, Mediapart published material revealing Gaddafi's financial support to Nicolas Sarkozy for the election. In March 2018 Sarkozy was charged for corruption. French law prohibits publishing the results of opinion polls related to the election during

3150-456: The successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France (and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra ) for a five-year term. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 5 and 6 May 2007 between the two leading candidates, Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal . Sarkozy was elected with 53% of the vote. Sarkozy and Royal both represented a generational change. Both main candidates were born after World War II, along with

3213-520: The support of singers Johnny Hallyday , Mireille Mathieu and Faudel , of 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 was the mayor between 1983 and 2002 and of Gérard Depardieu . But also of industrialist Martin Bouygues , whose children attended

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3276-495: 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 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 ,

3339-594: The ten provinces and three territories. EU member states may set their own rules on ballot access in elections to the European Parliament . In Denmark , Germany , Greece , Estonia , the Netherlands , Sweden , and the Czech Republic , candidates must be nominated by political parties. In the other member states, a specified number of signatures is needed. In the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (pre-Brexit),

3402-446: The three colours of the national flag (blue, white, and red) on electoral advertisements or partisan documentation was prohibited by electoral regulations. Ségolène Royal contended that the book Ensemble ("together") published by Nicolas Sarkozy, whose cover is blue, white and red, was effectively an electoral partisan documentation and should have been covered by this prohibition. The requirements for being successfully nominated as

3465-447: 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

3528-424: The voting day, and must have held their district, provincial and grand congresses twice in a row. The following are the basic nomination rules for an individual candidate (whether Independent, or associated with a political party). To use a party name (and logo) a candidate must be authorised by a registered political party, or else they may stand as 'Independent' or with no description. A candidate for election to

3591-464: 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 narrowly 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

3654-421: 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 ,

3717-424: 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 . In urban areas, most lower and middle-income neighbourhoods and cities voted largely for Ségolène Royal. In

3780-519: Was 15.4%. With an overall record turnout of 83.8%, a level not achieved since the 1965 presidential election when turnout was 84.8%, 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, while

3843-466: 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!) Commissioners are not meant to be politically biased in elections under their code of conduct. Wallström

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3906-748: Was more or less expected, in particular with the high level of voter registration by suburban youths, who 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 in the protests against the CPE , proposed by Sarkozy's UMP party, in the spring of 2006; they also strongly backed Royal. She consequently came 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 Évry , she also passed

3969-575: Was suspended in 2006 after a video was published on DailyMotion , where he stated his personal intentions of voting for François Bayrou. Abroad, Silvio Berlusconi , the former prime minister of Italy , gave his support to Sarkozy immediately following the first round, while Romano Prodi , the then Italian premier and leader of the centre-left Union coalition, called for an alliance between Bayrou and Royal. Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has shown his support for Royal. European commissioner and Vice-President Margot Wallström

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