Sarkozy didn't planned to : - Accelerate the development of shale gas, oil, and other destructive fossil fuels - Downgrading Social Security (which is very high in France and benefits to everyone, for free) - I'm not 100% sure about this one, but I don't think he made a claim about bringing back manufacturing jobs to France in the same manner as Trump. He was elected in 2007 and had to deal with the 2008 crisis, I didn't vote for him, he wasn't great, but he handled it not so badly. I can understand that ooli doesn't like him. I don't either. But we can't compare it to Trump. Sarkozy is the embodiment of the establishment in France, it's the opposite for Trump. Hand-picking some unrelated facts and making it seem like there are similarities between the two is wrong.