

Currently released so far... 960 / 251,287
Articles
Browse latest releases
Browse by creation date
Browse by origin
Embassy Asuncion
Embassy Astana
Embassy Ashgabat
Embassy Ankara
Embassy Amman
Embassy Algiers
Embassy Addis Ababa
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Embassy Buenos Aires
Embassy Bucharest
Embassy Brussels
Embassy Bridgetown
Embassy Brasilia
Embassy Bishkek
Embassy Berlin
Embassy Beirut
Embassy Beijing
Embassy Bangkok
Embassy Bamako
Embassy Baku
Embassy Baghdad
Embassy Colombo
Embassy Chisinau
Embassy Caracas
Embassy Cairo
Consulate Casablanca
Consulate Cape Town
Mission USNATO
Embassy Muscat
Embassy Moscow
Embassy Mexico
Embassy Manama
Embassy Managua
Embassy Madrid
Consulate Munich
Secretary of State
Embassy Stockholm
Embassy Singapore
Embassy Seoul
Embassy Santiago
Embassy Sanaa
Consulate Shenyang
Consulate Shanghai
Consulate Sao Paulo
Embassy Tunis
Embassy Tripoli
Embassy The Hague
Embassy Tel Aviv
Embassy Tehran
Embassy Tegucigalpa
Embassy Tbilisi
Browse by tag
CH
CE
CA
CACM
CDB
CLINTON
CU
CASC
CJAN
CM
CO
CIA
CVIS
CMGT
COUNTER
COUNTERTERRORISM
CI
CS
CG
CF
CD
CV
CY
ENRG
ETTC
ECON
EINDETRD
EPET
ETRD
EINV
EG
EUN
ELAB
EU
EAID
EFIN
ECPS
EAIR
EAGR
EIND
EN
ELTN
EWWT
EMIN
EZ
ENVR
ECIP
ET
EFIS
EXTERNAL
EI
ELECTIONS
EREL
ECUN
EINVEFIN
KNNP
KIPR
KDEM
KWBG
KN
KPAL
KGIC
KRAD
KJUS
KISL
KPWR
KGHG
KFIN
KTFN
KCRM
KHLS
KSUM
KPIN
KS
KSCA
KAWK
KPAO
KTIP
KCOM
KTIA
KBIO
KWMN
KCOR
KZ
KDRG
KAWC
KIRF
KACT
KFRD
KR
KU
KMDR
KSEC
KOLY
KE
KPKO
KSPR
KGCC
KPRP
KG
KUNR
KCIP
KHIV
KDEMAF
PGOV
PHUM
PREL
PINR
PARM
PK
PTER
PBTS
PREF
PL
PAK
PINS
PE
PROP
POL
POLITICAL
PARTIES
PO
PSI
PA
PINT
PGOF
PHSA
PSOE
POLITICS
PBIO
PECON
PEPR
PM
Browse by classification
Community resources
courage is contagious
Viewing cable 07PARIS1791, IT'S PRESIDENT SARKOZY -- IN A CLEAR-CUT VICTORY
If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs
Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
- The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
- The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
- The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #07PARIS1791.
Reference ID | Created | Released | Classification | Origin |
---|---|---|---|---|
07PARIS1791 | 2007-05-06 18:06 | 2010-11-30 21:09 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Paris |
VZCZCXRO6880
OO RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDA RUEHDBU RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA
RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHFR #1791 1261831
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 061831Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY PARIS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6958
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEHC/DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY WASHDC
UNCLAS PARIS 001791
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT ALSO FOR EUR/WE, DRL/IL, INR/EUC, EUR/ERA, EUR/PPD,
AND EB
DEPT OF COMMERCE FOR ITA
DEPT OF LABOR FOR ILAB
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
SUBJECT: IT'S PRESIDENT SARKOZY -- IN A CLEAR-CUT VICTORY
OVER SEGOLENE ROYAL
REF: A. (A) PARIS 1784 AND PREVIOUS
¶B. (B) EMBASSY PARIS DAILY SIPRNET REPORT FOR MAY 4
¶C. 2007 AND PREVIOUS
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- HANDLE ACCORDINGLY
SUMMARY
-------
¶1. (SBU) Nicolas Sarkozy has won France's presidency by a
clear cut, 53 percent majority. Official results -- 53
percent of the vote for Sarkozy and 47 percent for Socialist
Segolene Royal -- were announced by France's Interior
Ministry 8 P.M. Paris time on Sunday May 6. President Bush
called president-elect Sarkozy at 8:05 P.M. Paris time to
congratulate him. A record turn-out of 85 percent of
registered voters confirms the intense interest this election
has generated among the French, just as Sarkozy's convincing
victory confirms their collective decision to endorse the
market-oriented reform platform that he ran on. END SUMMARY
A CLEAR-CUT, CONVINCING VICTORY
-------------------------------
¶2. Former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's second-round
win over Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal in France's
2007 presidential election is, by any measure, a clear-cut,
convincing victory. Official, if preliminary, results
announced by France's Interior Ministry at 8 P.M. Paris time
on Sunday May 6 show that Sarkozy got 53 percent of the 38
million votes cast and Royal got 47 percent. Final, official
vote tallies will be posted as they come in on the French
Interior Ministry's website at http://www.interieur.gouv.fr.
The participation rate in this election is the highest for a
second-round presidential contest in France since the
election of 1981. Of France's 44.5 million registered
voters, 85.5 percent cast ballots on May 6 for either Sarkozy
or Royal, or cast null ballots.
THAT GIVES SARKOZY A MANDATE
----------------------------
¶3. (U) In electing -- by a clear-cut majority -- the
activist, mold-breaking Sarkozy the French have clearly
endorsed the largely market-oriented reform agenda that
Sarkozy ran on. They have also given him a vote of
confidence, betting that he will grow in office -- and that
his unsettling, often divisive, personality traits that put
off so many will be attenuated by the responsibilities of
office.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
-----------------
¶4. (U) Sarkozy has said that he expects to be inaugurated
shortly before the end of President Chirac's term, probably
on Wednesday May 16 (Chirac's five-year term ends at midnight
on the 16). Sarkozy and Chirac might agree to transfer power
earlier, possibly as early as May 14. In the interim,
between his election and inauguration, Sarkozy has promised
that, accompanied by a small group of advisors, he will take
some days off to "reflect on the heavy responsibilities
ahead." Something more than speculation about who will head
the Sarkozy administration's first government should emerge
from this "retreat" led by the president-elect. Sarkozy has
promised that he will try to achieve gender parity in his
administration's first cabinet. Former Education Minister
Francois Fillon and current Minister of Social Solidarity
Jean-Louis Borloo are generally viewed as the two leading
candidates for the prime minister's slot. In coming days
president-elect Sarkozy's statements should confirm how, and
how quickly, he plans to proceed with his reform agenda, and
we will report accordingly.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
STAPLETON