BU Now » French UMP party http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Sarkozy challenged from the right http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/03/25/sarkozy-challenged-from-the-right/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/03/25/sarkozy-challenged-from-the-right/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:15:52 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=4901 Sarkozy & VillepinFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy (r.) is being challenged from within his own party by former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (l.).   The challenge could split Sarkozy’s ruling conservative party in the 2012 elections.  International relations Professor William Keylor reminds that Villepin was the aristocratic French foreign minister who scolded U.S. Secretary of State Powell during the U.N. debate over the Iraq war.

“The contrast in style between the two rivals within the French conservative ranks could not be more striking — it’s like a pedigreed poodle challenging a pit bull.”

Contact William Keylor, 617-358-0197, wrkeylor@bu.edu

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