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

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

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

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

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

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

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

there were people in the street pops protest against nicolas sarkozy. being installed as president, he can be challenged, you can say of him, i don't want him, i wa nt can say of him, i don't want him, i want him out. get rid of him. he was just elected freshly. so some people are very wary of him. in the first round, john luke melenchon was in the far left and did a —— round, john luke melenchon was in the far leftand did a —— his new—found supporters really don't agree with the programme of emmanuel macron and in particular, his labour law reform, the liberal law reform. this far left movement really gathered momentum for the first round. so he has a very divided country indeed, to take care. it is not just the far right but also far left who have waken up for this election. as the press said just after the first round, there is a difference that is doing well, voting for emmanuel macron, and the france that is doing badly, that's the france that voted for marine le pen. it's a bit more complicated than that. it is notjust that people want a nationali

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.

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