{"id":14569,"date":"2012-05-02T15:08:12","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T13:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=14569"},"modified":"2017-10-20T13:05:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:05:40","slug":"hollande-vs-sarkozy-get-in-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/hollande-vs-sarkozy-get-in-the-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollande Vs. Sarkozy: Get in the Ring!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only three more days to go before we know the name of the leader of France for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>The close interest paid to this year&#8217;s French Presidential Elections, pitting\u00a0<strong>Fran\u00e7ois Hollande<\/strong>\u00a0vs.\u00a0<strong>Nicolas Sarkozy<\/strong>, seems to go beyond the borders of\u00a0<em><strong>l&#8217;Hexagone\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(as France is nicknamed, after its hexagonal shape.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Nearly <strong>18 millions of French people<\/strong> were <strong><em>au rendez-vous <\/em><\/strong>yesterday evening\u00a0to watch the two candidates meet\u00a0<strong><em>face\u00a0\u00e0 face<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0on TV, to confront their ideas &#8220;<em><strong>LIVE<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;:\u00a0<strong>Sarkozy<\/strong>\u00a0defending\u00a0<em><strong>le<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong><em>bilan\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(the assessment)\u00a0of his five years at the helm of the French Republic, and\u00a0<strong>Hollande<\/strong>\u00a0putting forward his new propositions.<\/p>\n<p>Many feared the worst a few hours before the debate was launched, especially after media reports relayed the verbal threats leveled by Sarkozy against his Socialist opponent: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;<strong><em>Je vais l&#8217;exploser<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna blow him up&#8221;), he allegedly said to his friends<strong>!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Of course, telling you in detail all what has been said in yesterday night&#8217;s debate would be tantamount to\u00a0<em><strong>une mission impossible<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That is why today&#8217;s post will kickstart a *<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bullet point summary<\/span>*<\/strong> of the main ideas and positions defended by the two French candidates, as well as the solutions they suggest in order to solve the tough problems faced by the country:\u00a0<strong><em>le\u00a0<em>ch\u00f4mage<\/em><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(unemployment),\u00a0<em><strong>la crise financi\u00e8re<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(the financial crisis),\u00a0<em><strong>l&#8217;immigration<\/strong><\/em>, and\u00a0<strong><em>la corruption<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This summary will certainly help you get to know the two French politicians better, get acquainted with the French political system overall, and, last but not least, will be a great French language exercise for you: Improving both your listening and reading comprehension!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJ3zCh5qt48\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJ3zCh5qt48<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>LE GRAND D\u00c9BAT PR\u00c9SIDENTIEL<\/em>: HOLLANDE vs. SARKOZY:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>00:00:00 &#8211; 00:01:30<\/strong><\/span>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hollande<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Monsieur\u00a0<\/em>Sarkozy<\/strong>, you have not been\u00a0a President of\u00a0<strong><em>le rassemblement<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(gathering): You divided the French according to many criteria: Private workers vs. public workers, &#8220;real workers&#8221; vs. &#8220;unreal workers&#8221;, French of native origin vs. French of non-native background, etc. &#8220;<em><strong>Nous sommes tous Fran<strong>\u00e7<\/strong>ais<\/strong><\/em>&#8221;\u00a0(&#8220;We are all French&#8221;), and <strong>we need all to be<\/strong> <strong>united<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">00:01:30 &#8211; 00:03:10<\/span>:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sarkozy<\/span><\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>My proof that I have been a\u00a0<strong><em>rassembleur <\/em><\/strong>(a gatherer):\u00a0There was <strong>no major violence<\/strong> erupting for the past five years. <strong>No mass demonstrations<\/strong> against my reforms, especially\u00a0<strong><em>les retraites\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(retirements.) Compare that to the violent reactions spurred by reforms initiated by previous French presidents, such as\u00a0<strong>Mitterrand<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<strong>&#8220;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ina.fr\/economie-et-societe\/education-et-enseignement\/video\/CAB8401870601\/manifestation-ecole-privee.fr.html\">Mouvement de l&#8217;\u00c9cole Libre<\/a><\/em>&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>(the &#8220;Free School Movement&#8221;), or the\u00a0<em><strong>CPI<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K2rCNDyobYM\/\">CPE<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>under\u00a0<strong>Jacques Chirac<\/strong>. I am actually proud of that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manifestation contre le CPE\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K2rCNDyobYM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>French demonstrations against <em>le CPE<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">00:03:10 &#8211; 00:04:25<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hollande<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Heureusement<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Thank God) there was no violence, but that is also due to the action of\u00a0<strong><em>les syndicats\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and other social partners who worked very hard to appease the situation.<\/li>\n<li>Yes, you introduced tough reforms, but<em><strong>\u00a0\u00e0 quel prix\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(at what price)? More\u00a0<em><strong>injustice<\/strong><\/em>, more\u00a0<em><strong>in\u00e9galit\u00e9\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(inequality.) We were patient, we just waited for\u00a0<em><strong>le suffrage universel\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(universal suffrage) in order to start changing things around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">00:04:25 -00:06:40<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sarkozy<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>I may not be the only one who has the merit, but I am not the only\u00a0<strong><em>coupable\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(guilty) party either.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking about <strong><em>les syndicats<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0The leader of\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/three-typically-french-acronyms-cedex-cgt-and-cie\/\">la CGT<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>broke with objectivity and decency to openly support your campaign.<\/li>\n<li>People of your party compared us to\u00a0<strong>Nazis<\/strong>\u00a0and you never said a thing: Our meetings are said to look like a\u00a0<strong>Nuremberg Rally!<\/strong>\u00a0I am compared to Spain&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Franco<\/strong>,\u00a0to<strong><em>\u00a0le\u00a0Mar\u00e9chal\u00a0<\/em><em>P\u00e9tain<\/em><\/strong>, and maybe to\u00a0<strong>Hitler<\/strong>, why not? I&#8217;m called a &#8220;<strong>Bernie<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Madoff&#8221;<\/strong> by your colleague, deserving\u00a0<em><strong>183 ans de prison\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(183 years of prison), and you never said a thing either! Your silence means that you approve what was said, and even fully endorse it. You are too weak to criticize it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">00:06:40 -00:12:05<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hollande<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Monsieur<\/em>\u00a0Sarkozy<em>,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>you&#8217;ll have a hard time playing the poor victim here. How about me? How have I been called by your own friends? I was compared to\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/zoo-locutions\/\">tous les animaux des zoos<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(all the animals of the zoos.)<\/li>\n<li>Should I mention the words that you personally said, which hurt France, which aimed to divide France? It wasn&#8217;t one of your lieutenants who said those words, it was you!<\/li>\n<li>I condemn all forms of excess. This debate is the best opportunity for us to confront our ideas. No need for either of us to play the victim.<\/li>\n<li>So what if\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/three-typically-french-acronyms-cedex-cgt-and-cie\/\">la CGT<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>supports me? You too had the leader of\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medef.com\/\">le patronat<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(employers)\u00a0praising you while criticizing me!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">As you can see, the first round of the debate went mostly under the French motto of &#8220;<em><strong>pas de quartier<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;no pity&#8221;)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Things will heat up even more with the topic of <strong><em>l&#8217;\u00c9CONOMIE<\/em>&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong>So be sure not to miss the upcoming post:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>HOLLANDE vs. SARKOZY: Comics, Economics, or Freakonomics?<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>\u00c0\u00a0SUIVRE<\/em> (TO BE CONTINUED)<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/05\/francois-hollande-et-nicolas-sarkozy-autour-de-laurence-ferrari-10690815ikkxj_1861-350x197.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/05\/francois-hollande-et-nicolas-sarkozy-autour-de-laurence-ferrari-10690815ikkxj_1861-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/05\/francois-hollande-et-nicolas-sarkozy-autour-de-laurence-ferrari-10690815ikkxj_1861.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Only three more days to go before we know the name of the leader of France for the next five years. The close interest paid to this year&#8217;s French Presidential Elections, pitting\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Hollande\u00a0vs.\u00a0Nicolas Sarkozy, seems to go beyond the borders of\u00a0l&#8217;Hexagone\u00a0(as France is nicknamed, after its hexagonal shape.) Nearly 18 millions of French people were&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/hollande-vs-sarkozy-get-in-the-ring\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":23794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[11660,224232,224227,224226,224224,224223,224237,224222,224221,224233,224228,224225,224231,224230,224229,224234,224235,11709,525,224236,7564],"class_list":["post-14569","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-chomage","tag-congres-de-nuremberg","tag-cpe","tag-cpi","tag-crise-financiere","tag-francois-hollande","tag-freakonomics","tag-french-elections","tag-french-presidential-debate","tag-hitler","tag-lecole-libre","tag-lhexagone","tag-la-cgt","tag-le-patronat","tag-les-syndicats","tag-madoff","tag-marechal-petain","tag-nazis","tag-nicolas-sarkozy","tag-pas-de-quartier","tag-sarkozy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14569"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28382,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569\/revisions\/28382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}