hollande, sarkozy came down the steps to the carand sarkozy came down the steps to the car and very francois hollande did not accompany him down the steps to the car. this was seen as a real robust and a sign of how hollande had no time at all four sarkozy. hollande said he regretted that. if that is not the field to the day, they could not the field to the day, they could not have the politeness to accompany the upcoming president to the car. how will it be seen? i think inevitably as a failure. that is justified because i remember over and again towards the beginning of this hollande presidency, francois hollande going on television and saying with a solemn eye, staying at the pose —— staring at the people of france, i will bring down unemployment, i will bejudged on my ability to bring down unemployment. unemployment has gone up. it is the biggest curse on this country's social and political life. it has not been addressed. i think that must therefore go down as the big black mark on his presidency. there are people like macron calling the new ways of tackling unemployment, there

and then moved away from. >> sarkozy you mean? charlie: not from the socialist party -- >> i remember being in paris the week after sarkozy was elect and everyone around him was talking about a program of radical reform and then the moment when you attempt to make change in france there's always a response and usually there's a response on the street and usually the government then backs down. i don't know how he will evade that formula and i don't know what he will do in response. actually i think centrist has a meaning in france a line of political inheritance as michiel was saying but it's a mistake to see him as a centrist in a be confused, befuddled pragmatist. he has a program of liberal reform. in that debate he talked again and again good flexibility and bringing flexibility to the top-heavy french system. >> charlie: is france ready for that. >> market reforms are at the center of his platform. he was one of the only candidates and he put work at the center of his candidacy and the demonstrations started today. it started

and in member of the center-right republican party of the former president nicolas sarkozy. their party described the move as ambiguous. >> out with the old and in with the new. the french prime minister's residence. pain should be to the french is baton. he passed the ofi'm leaving this as a man the left, with beliefs that were forged all along my life. my political career. these are the values i will carry with me. a move by macron to write in his a political appeal ahead of elections in june. he remains loyal to his roots on the right as he accepted his new post. i'm a man of the right, which wouldn't surprise you run sure. >> macron hopes this will pave the way for the republican party, having attracted socialist and centrist. inneeds figures on the right the mighty to half key faces, winning a parliamentary majority for his on the move party, which is only a year world. it is the first time in modern french history the president has appointed a foreign minister from outside his own camp. a first stepped towards campaign pledge to end last best and less right politics. -

that is exactly what nicolas sarkozy said a number of yea rs nicolas sarkozy said a number of years agoforward to working within. and if are issues around moving forward as a european family, of course, ireland will fully engage in that process. family, of course, ireland will fully engage in that processm will drag its heels and say absolutely no way. to come back to the point that you managed to recover from your terrible economic meltdown by using an extraordinarily quote unquote tax regime. the way things are looking for europe today in the direction of travel, that will not be tenable in the future. ireland will have to find a new way of becoming a successful economic player in europe. ireland, being a small and open economy, is subject to international trade winds and the winds of adverse economic policies from time to time. irish people, more than anyone else on the planet, probably, have shown themselves to be resilient in the face of that. we will do the same as far as brexit is concerned. you must be concerned by the winds of populism blowing through the world. talked about do

and nicolas sarkozy, who could deal with the financial crisis that struck the world so harshly. and francois hollande, a precursor, with the agreement in paris on climate, and dealing with a world hit in paris by terrorism. and the mistake in these last decades boston has seen a deleterious —— often has seen a deleterious. internal climate which has seen france not in favour, sometimes weakened by a national situation full of uncertainty, and sometimes worry. ladies and gentleman, now, france has to do now rise to the moment. the divisions in oui’ rise to the moment. the divisions in our society have to be overcome. whether economic, social, political maul. —— political or moral law. because the world expects us to be strong and clairvoyant. we will assume all our responsibilities it's time it is necessary to answer the great crises of the time. whether the migration crisis or the climate challenge, or is slippage to authoritarianism or the excesses of world capitalism, or of course terrorism. nothing, now, can affect some people leaving the others unhurt. we all neighbours. fra

sarkozy, you mean? charlie: not from the socialist party.emember being in paris the week after sarkozy was elected. we were talking about a program of radical reform. and the moment you attempt to make change in france, there is always a response. usually, the government backs down. i do not know how he will evade that formula. i do not know what he will do in response. centrist has a specific meaning in france, a pit -- particular line of inheritance. but it is a mistake to see macron as a centrist in the sense of a confused, befuddled pragmatist who takes a little from all sides. would think what i of as a liberal reformer. he has a program of liberal reform. aboutt debate he talked flexibility, bringing a new flexibility to the top-heavy france. charlie: is france ready for that? >> they elected him. job market reforms are at the center of his platform. it is important for him. llon also did that. n,t against le pen and hammo the first to put work at the center of his platform. than be protected by the state, which is what marine le pen w

but he has promised a change for the economy, as did francois hollande and nicholas sarkozy.led to bring the changes that they said they would. will he deliver? that is a good question. i think your comparison is probably interesting in the sense that for many, interesting in the sense that for any interesting in the sense that for many, many years, possibly even decades, french governments, french presidents, have promised their european partners reforms against deficit slippage. we believe we have reached a point where european partners are not interested in hearing is at a bargain. partners are not interested in hearing is ata bargain. —— our european partners. we have reached a point where it france will deliver reforms of to stay ahead of the curve in the international competition. where is the fiscal stimulus which is probably needed for the eurozone to grow out of the globalfinancial for the eurozone to grow out of the global financial crisis and the global financial crisis and the global recession that we have been struggling with a decade, is going to come from a dif

the last push, by nicholas sarkozy in 2007, was stopped by the 2008 recession.coupled with deep structural changes. retraining is key, to lower youth unemployment and also keep these changes to keep the economy more aligned with germany. it isa economy more aligned with germany. it is a realistic plan, it would be a great plan for france. what is your economic scenario if marine le pen wins? it is again unclear, because the president needs a parliamentary majority to implement their reforms. and it is not clear that even if she wins, she is going to get a front national majority. if that scenario were to happen, she was very that scenario were to happen, she was very unclear that scenario were to happen, she was very unclear about the proposals, as became clear in the debates. for example, she is not clear about dropping the euro. she was in favour of dropping the euro, then in favour of keeping it, and now she is in favour of introducing a second now she is in favour of introducing a second currency now she is in favour of introducing a second currency that wou

famously, nicolas sarkozy. .. i can incoming. yes. famously, nicolas sarkozy... it was seen as a terrible symbol of the beginning of his presidency. yes, all the great and the good come together and i think, yes, all the great and the good come togetherand i think, is yes, all the great and the good come together and i think, is that nicolas sarkozy? yes, i think! can see him, in the monitor we have feared and admits the brightening paris light. because it tends to fall, obviously the election run slightly differently every 5 years but it's around this time. and so the ceremony tends to falljust at a time when we can see the symbolic handing over of power and the 2 men, the last time, it was much more tense, francois hollande and nicolas sarkozy did not enjoy each other's company and on the handover of power is, officially, at the elysee palace, francois hollande was almost rude to his face by not accompanying him down the is to say goodbye, but was a delicate moment. this is not, two people who broadly feel very close together under the same side of french polit

sarkozy is hoping the right will win a majority and force macron into cohabitation here. you have a president from one political current and a parliamentary majority from .approach -- another jean-luc melenchon is not making alliances -- could that rebalance things overall with macron's movement? hard to predict how this will play out in june. >> thank you very much. image and migrant camp has been evacuated in northern paris -- a makeshift migrant camp. they were living in squalid conditions. at dawn, hundreds of police moved in to clear the settlement located in the area near paris. limited. been pulsekoreans had for the this elect a new leader tuesday. they are hoping to turn the page after the former president was impeached. the liberal candidate is expected to be elected. he will be sworn in tomorrow. we will speak to a correspondent -- andrew, talk us through the issues that face south korea's next leader on the domestic front. >> all democratic elections, this election is being sold on a domestic level with foreign-policy matters -- here, there are two significant

sarkozy talked about it. even hollande finally talked about it.ut from the moment they try to do anything to bring outsiders into the labor market, that is what it t about, toto open up e labor market for young people. 25% unemployment for young people, that is unbearable, and the reason is that your oldest in the trade union will not open up the job market. if he cannot get that done, then it -- that he will be in real trouble, but even if he can get that done, germany needs to back him because he is our last best .ope in europe if the french refuse to do reforms, there will be a great temptation in germany to say been hands-off. the french have to deliver and then we will support them. i think that would he wrong. peter: we are getting ahead of ourselves. micron has menos no secret that he will make substantial demands of the european union. let's have a look at what those demands are and discuss those for just a second. would like to see far deeper integration of the eurozone. a joint eurozone government with its own finance minister and even a

another name that keeps coming up from the right was once a minister under nicholas sarkozy. that may be a handicap. then there are the centrists -- one of his early supporters is nearly a shoe in, possibly as the justice minister. as is a centrist member of the european parliament. she may be paid for european affairs. macron's team wants to prove they truly are centrists and a cabinet with politicians from diverse backgrounds is key. i want to get support from -- they want to get the support from voters on the left and the right index month's parliamentary elections. has ale: president macron meeting with members of the international olympic committee work early on a three-day visit to the french capital to decide what city will host the 2024 of the games. macron, who was inaugurated on sunday, has pledged his full support. the only rival to host the games is los angeles. the final vote will be held on december 14 in lima, peru. james andre is at the elysee palace. james: members were seen exiting the elysee palace with a man who is the french -- head of the french bid. eve

socialist minister of defense under francois hollande as well as ministerive, once a under nicholas sarkozy. then there is the centrist, one of macron's earlier supporters, nearly a shoo-in, possibly as a justice minister, and a european mp who may be tagged for european affairs. with a mix of newcomers and veterans coming from all sides of the political spectrum, picking a cabinet has proved a delicate balancing act for the new president. the race narrows and the plot thickens in iran's presidential election. one has pulled out of the race and endorsed the incumbent rouhani. rival won the endorsement of the tehran mayor, who also quit the race on monday. the election is widely seen as a referendum on the deal that came under ronnie's government. seven months into the battle to recapture most, iraqi forces said they have secured all but 12 kilometers of the city. planes dropped leaflets into mosul warning them against using any vehicle to avoid being mistaken for an i.s. militant. iraqi troops of may quick progress thanks to airstrikes led by the u.s. coalition, but islamic state is believe

reporter: 10 years later, nicholas sarkozy faced francois hollande. >> as president of the republic,ould not call my prime prime minister an employee -- prime minister an employee. as president, i would always ensure my behavior is exemplary. reporter: on wednesday night, the seventh debate of the second round will take place. a brand-new jewel, which will certainly make its own history. traditionally french people turn into these presidential debates, but they are not influential on the results in round two, but this is a very different election we are facing this year. there are so many voters undecided still or tempted. this debate could really make a difference. host: you mentioned voters were tempted to not vote at all in round two, but many of them ichand in mill the first round. guest: he got about 19% of the vote, which made him a potential kingmaker. do keep in mind though that mi llichand refused to give any voting instruction to his followers. what are they going to do in round two? maxwell has the story. reporter: the results are in, and two thirds of his supporters sayin

of course nicolas sarkozy was immolated in the primaries.alain. the oldest, the wisest and of course he did not make it in the primaries. and of course francois fillon had this familyjobs and of course francois fillon had this family jobs corruption and of course francois fillon had this familyjobs corruption scandal hanging over him. a lot of people we re very hanging over him. a lot of people were very bitty about what happened in the republican party. we will hear from in the republican party. we will hearfrom some of in the republican party. we will hear from some of them tonight. the political winds of fortune have been blowing all the way for emmanuel macron. what do you mean? he has been very lucky throughout. he has come right through the middle, largely because of the corruption investigation... but also because during both primaries this is the most left and the most left—wing and the most right—wing candidates that have been chosen, and that also left a big space for the centre. that is why once again this is probably the right gu

clear, populist politicians, within europe, continental europe, especially in france at the time of sarkozyused turkey at the time as the fear card in their own electoral campaigns. what they did was quite short—sighted and what we need to understand is ever since the eu became more distanced from turkey, this directly worked into the hands of isolationists in turkey, and who are those? they are the nationalists, they are the islamists, and they are the ones who want a more authoritarian regime. so turkey became more and more enclosed. it is very sad that years and years ago, public opinion, public support for eu membership in turkey was incredibly high. but not now? not now. i mean, the turkish prime minister, mr yildirim, just told our programme a couple of weeks ago, he said if there were a vote right now in turkey, he has no doubt that the vote would be against membership of the european union, and i'll come back to this point about you and your country. i mean, you do live in london. you are westernised, if that phrase means anything at all. of course, turkey has always been seen as th

this time — i mean, the reforms, the structural reforms france has been, you know, left aside, under sarkozy otherwise, it's going to bea democracy. otherwise, it's going to be a last exit. so in that context, if, in five years from now, le pen is going to be the next president, that's not only catastrophe for france, it's going to be end of the european project. stefan simons, thank you very much from der spiegel. we'll be back with you later, and other guests as well. we'll also look at the european papers. before we go for this half—hour, let's bring you what marine le pen was doing — although she lost the election, ah, she didn't look too disappointed about it. she hasn't taken defeat too badly, because this is what she was up badly, because this is what she was up to last night — captured on french tv, you can see the far—right leader of the national front dancing away with supporters at the party ho... looking like she's not taking defeat too much to heart there in those pictures from last night. paris has been very lively through the night — there were some demonstrations and clashes

he had a formidable vehicle behind him help, he took over as sarkozy as head of the party and he wasely popular. everybody was absolutely convinced that he was going to be the next president and all of a sudden, this scandal broke out which has to do with the effectively self enrichment and i think that is what made an awful lot of difference in the minds of french people who, let's be honest, i used to be corruption of the political class of france, either on the left or on class of france, either on the left or on the right, but the difference was, unlike others who also got criminal charges against them for all sorts of corruption with the party, it had to do with enriching the party and not themselves and i think that is the main difference that has stuck with the french people. that was the twist of fate that helped emmanuel macron on the right. what happened with regard to the socialist? they had a primary which ended up in a candidate being chosen who were so far to the left that he did not represent the centre, the right of the party and utter innocence was another sense of l

okay, chirac didn't manage to push forward, sarkozy. >> maybe reverse that. >> exactly. i think the germans are actually -- a lot of my german friends tell me it's a lack of 'ta appetite of a nation to boost itself. they're hoping. >> for the washup of politics here, and the votes, many of them may have been melenchon voters. don't forget, voters about 7 million of them, needed to rally behind macron. some of which have come across in a strong mandate now in last night's washup of the victory. those voters may go back to melenchon which will be an issue, perhaps for macron, as he tries to push policies through. >> we're going to hand it back to cnbc, but in the center right party, what do they care about, what alliance do they form, if need with with macron, or do they try to differentiate them we'll try to answer one or two of them. >> steven and karen, thank you for that. the discussion what we've seen from the u.s. from president trump, in this country, the population has been guided more so than before the election, the first 100 days. of course, that's always a risk

beother words he was to everything that his pre-to assess her, nicolas sarkozy wasn't.t forward five years and hollande is the least popular president is the second world war. his approval rating has dropped to 55% five years ago. to just 16% today. a few months after taking office, the french president made this promise. reverse the unemployment by the end of next year. is part of our plan to put the french economy back on its feet by 2014. >> unemployed is at a four-year low. job creation has been slow and france still has one of the highest jobless rates in europe from this despite efforts hollande's government to facilitate hiring and firing. which have been highly controversial and prompted mass protests across the country. he legalized gay marriage and gay adoption. hailed by left-wing voters as a major step forward. the country deeply divided. hundreds of catholics take to the streets for traditional values. >> we don't want them to lose their bearings. we won't give up. issueurity was a major throughout france hollande's presidency. the wave of terrorist that hi

all armed and sarkozy both bailed, can macron make a difference —— hollande and sarkar the posts failedme churches are trying to help. they are fighting the president's deportation orders and offering sanctuary to families who could be deported. the bbc‘s olivia lace evans has gone to visit one chicago church that has offered to hide undocumented families and is now challenging immigration authorities to launch a raid. which are going to tell them, here they are. we you will separate the family, you will alert while the whole world is watching. the election of president donald trump, it has injected an incredible amount of fear into our community. we have five families that have already been given a deadline, they have to carve a one—way ticket and a they will be deported and their family will be split up. we go through each case individually to see what we can do. we have attorneys with us and we are fighting those cases of deportation, individuals using whatever legal avenues open to us. individuals using whatever legal avenues open to us. at the end of the day, we want our families a

was talking to one of your colleagues from cnbc, i was telling him five years ago it was an anti-sarkozy not a pro hollande. five years after we will be in the same situation. we have not a pro macron vote, but an anti-le pen vote now. so many people have been exerting pressure to make her lose. and she's going to lose. i don't see how she's going to win, unless we have the trump phenomenon, like which happened in the united states. i doubt it. >> christian, i'll ask you a question that i asked wilfred earlier, how much disdain is there for the euro? the common currency and the eu at large in france versus in the uk, since for the markets that's clearly what the main point of this election is. >> great question. you're right. the problem is many people thought that it was illusion to think that france could get out of the european union, and out of the euro currency. and this is why i think madam le pen will have lost a lot of people ready to vote for her. the only moment in the debate where she was outplaying macron was when she started talking about struggle against terrorism, struggle

let's not forget that nicolas sarkozy when he was elected the first time he had promised a system ofion in france and he quickly forgot it when the tension became too hard on the right side. >> felipe cost, u.s. correspondent, thank you so much, my friend. >> thank you. >> joining us now, politico's -- bloomberg's kevin cirilli. let's pick up the reaction of president trump on the reaction. in his tweet, he clearly congratulates emmanuel macron the centrist candidate on the big win. he says today is the -- i look very much to working with him. can this president -- president trump work well with emmanuel macron? they're both quite wealthy. they both did not have any political experience, if you will. lack of experience, before they became the leaders of their respective countries. so it seems like they might be able to have a lot in common. >> there's some in common, the parallel political paths to power. but donald trump had expressed some support of marine le pen. he never endorsed her officially, but he felt she was stronger on issues like border security. however, as we saw with

and to nicolas sarkozy, who energetically combatted the economic crisis. and of course francois hollande, who made sure that paris was on the map in terms of climate change and to combat terrorism. their activity over all these last decades was damaged by the discouragement abroad in the french nation by people who felt forsaken and forgotten. what france has to say to the world was weakened by a world situation which was discouraging. today, ladies and gentlemen, it is high time today to stand proud and challenge the times, and the difficulties have to be overcome, whether they're economic, social, political, or moral. for the world expects us to be strong and forward looking and in solidarity with our partners. we shall assume all our responsibilities to respond pertinently, appropriately, to the great challenges, whether it be the immigration, migration flux, the excesses of global capitalism, and of course terrorism. nothing will affect only part of the population. we are all united. we are all neighbors. and france will always ensure it is on the side

watched it last night, 3 million down on the figures in 2012, when francois hollande and nicholas sarkozyome events today. they have both been back campaigning. a manual macron is very nervous about some of the interference, particularly a fear that maybe the russians are getting involved. there were some documents put out this week which tended to allege he had a secret bank account, an offshore bank account in the caribbean somewhere. it did the rounds on twitter. last night, marine le pen brought it about the debate. he denied it in the strong as possible terms. today, he has filed a lawsuit. let's listen to what he said. translation: last night, marine le pen showed her true face, that of the national front, the party of the far right, with a lot of aggression, including of a personal nature. many exaggerations, lies and insinuations regarding a personal account that coincided with an extremely organised effort on the internet. my team spent all night with lawyers to obviously dismantle that. but i am not letting it go, because this is what is happening today to our democracies, this

partially because nicolas sarkozy understood so well the sort of areas to which she was appealing and was able to capture some of the vote. since she took over, her party already did better in the 2012 elections. since 2007, she has doubled from 3.86 million to almost 8 million in the first round. she has -- her political party, one could argue, is the main political party in france today. macron -- >> reporter: that's her argument. >> her argument. emmanuel macron has a movement, right? >> he got more votes than her in the first round. that claim has been -- >> it is. but as a political party, i think, to define what could be success for her is the fact that over the last few years her party has become deeply impregnated in the french political landscape. she's done well in european union election, she's done well in regional elections -- >> heavily in local politics. >> absolutely. she's becoming part of it. as we see the traditional two-party system break down and to make way for these new parties and movements and so on, i think that she has an opportunity to sort of defer -- stre

sarkozy tried before hundred francois hollande tried before him. what will make him work?onship to the united states, emmanuel macron could just bypass donald trump and go straight to the silicon valley? frederic: i'm not sure it would be by passing, but for sure, he would have contacts with silicon valley and he would be able to visit the high execs in the field. he would possibly do it. i do not know. for sure, he is close to this kind of ecosystem. know the startups very well. he knows american startups and you want to be close to them. he wants our ecosystem to be close to the new world that is coming through all the new companies, so for sure, he would want links with silicon valley and we hope it will be something happen.can foster to caroline: you seem to be very enthusiastic, but of course, he has many challenges. first to get a majority in parliament and then obviously, try to get this labor reform through. do you think you could be disappointed a year from now? what would make you disappointed? frederic: there is an election for parliament in a few months, in a f

since then the freshly elected conservative, nicolas sarkozy in 2007 and francois hollande in 2012 andtheir appointment. this couldn't be quicker. just 2a hours after his inauguration in paris yesterday. yes, this of course, will be a key relationship within the eu and mrs merkel has already said that she is going to approach talks with emmanuel macron in the spirit of openness. emmanuel macron is known asa openness. emmanuel macron is known as a very passionate europhile, and very pro the eu and he spoke during his inauguration speech at the weekend about wanting to deepen european integration. well, emmanuel macron's campaign platform included calls for a eurozone budget as well as a finance and economy minister for the sub—set of eu countries that use the euro. he has campaigned for a buy european act and for more european integration on defence and security supporters at his rallies could be seen supporters at his rallies could be seen waving blue and yellow eu flags alongside the french tricolour and of course, those images ones of angela merkel will have beamed when she saw them.

per capita gdp growth of france, nominal gdp in the era, and here in the sarkozy era. france domestic policy on monday? willem: they will have a new president, most likely macron, on monday, but not parliamentary elections until june. or at leastjority, support from a coalition that follows his agenda, he cannot do much. he won't do any damage either as far as exacerbating fears. it will be a calming effect on markets. for reforms, he will have to wait until after the june elections. lock dedlock, or the grid, is that which we will see in france? good old american gridlock? upside there is a lot of . france has an administration, a bureaucracy, that can actually implement change if it is voted by parliament. just the wrong policies have been implemented for the last 20 years or more. there is hope, but i am not expecting immediate miracles. tom: if i look at the collapse of the left, we are seen it in the netherlands and throughout europe, how does he speak to the left, which is the large part of the republic of france? willem: the traditional left has been wiped out.

from the republican party, the party of nicolas sarkozy. means he is what we may call macron compatible. he may work with the macron camp. the new president is very keen to draw into his orbit leaders from the centre—right. he has on his side several people from the socialists, he comes from a socialist gunmen. that side of the equation is working for him. ahead of these very important legislative elections in june, he wants to draw over leading figures from the republican party as a way of sending out a signal to centre—right voters, people tempted to vote for the republicans, look you can trust me, i have economic policies which are broadly in line with what you want. if this man is named, that will be the thinking behind it. he is also meeting up with angela merkel today, what will be the message he wants to convey there? nothing substantive will be addressed at this meeting. it is a meeting all french presidents do immediately after being elected. francois hollande went there, and emmanuel macron was on the plane. it isa emmanuel macron