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Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France, 2007 to 2012

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Pursued tougher policing and immigration rules, market-friendly reforms and a leading role in the 2011 Libya intervention. He was later convicted in corruption and campaign-finance cases.

Nicolas Sarkozy sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, leaning strength-first on war and peace and leaning free market on economy. The profile is close to the middle on institutions and religion.

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Where Nicolas Sarkozy sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsCentered on institutions
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Nicolas Sarkozy

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People furthest from Nicolas Sarkozy

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Political views closest to Nicolas Sarkozy

NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…97%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.96%Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…96%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…96%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: European People's Party, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.