Nicolas Sarkozy
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"Nicolas Sarkozy" is a French politician who served as the List of Presidents of the French Republic/23rd President of France from 16 May 2007 until 15 May 2012.

Before his presidency, he was the leader of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Under Jacques Chirac's Jacques Chirac's second term/presidency he served as Minister of the Interior (France)/Minister of the Interior in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's (UMP) first two governments (from May 2002 to March 2004), then was appointed Minister of Finances (France)/Minister of Finances in Raffarin's last government (March 2004 to May 2005) and again Minister of the Interior in Dominique de Villepin's government (2005–2007).

Sarkozy was also president of the General council (France)/General council of the Hauts-de-Seine department from 2004 to 2007 and Mayor (France)/mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, one of the wealthiest communes of France, from 1983 to 2002. He was Minister of the Budget (France)/Minister of the Budget in the government of Édouard Balladur (Rally for the Republic/RPR, predecessor of the UMP) during François Mitterrand's last term.

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I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity.

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If a wife is kept hostage at home without learning French, the whole family will be asked to leave (the country).

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We no longer want an immigration that is inflicted (on us) but an immigration that is chosen, this is the founding principle of the new immigration policy I advocate.

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We want to allow families to return to football stadiums and feel safe. It was about time.

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What is dangerous is not minarets, but basements and garages that hide clandestine places of worship. Thus we must choose between mosques, where we know that the rules of the republic are respected, and secret places where extremism has been developing for too long.

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We must create conditions for dialogue. All this must end as soon as possible, because each day that goes by strengthens conditions for confrontations, for problems, and maybe even for tragedy.

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No-one believes that in just three months the situation there has been properly resolved.

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Either the facts are proved, and in that case there will be disciplinary action, or these are lies and in that case I reserve the right to protect the honor of men whose work allowed lives to be saved. I will publish all elements of this inquiry.

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