Sarkozy Hyper-presidency
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Sarkozy Hyper-presidency France political governance has experienced numerous leaders with different approaches to its leadership. Nicholas Sarkozy is one of the political leaders who has made himself a name in the history of France. Sarkozy political career started at an early age with a win in the Neuilly Mayor position. Sarkozy was elected as the president in May 2007 through a party that was known as a UMP ( Union for a Popular Movement) becoming the sixth president of the French Republic. Although upon his election his party did not obtain majority compared to the opposition, he launched his reforms and included politicians from the opposition in his government. The paper, therefore, seeks to examine why Sarkozy was referred to as a hyper-president as well as establish whether the presidency is still powerful as compared to the past. Sarkozy title of hyper-president resulted after numerous accomplishments he made during his tenure as president. The president changed the leadership style that other presidents had used in the past, resulting in a better profile of the country among the European countries. Sarkozy did take the first courageous step to run the government as per the new quinquennial institutional rules. The president was the first ever president to govern under these rules which established the presidency hierarchy during his interactions.Sarkozy made several reforms which entailed creating new legislative domination instruments that did consolidate older political models with the new political space. The president did restore political ascendancy, successfully bringing back the president instruments ( Dennis 2009). He aligned electoral cycles ensuring that the presidential election did precede parliamentary contest. Sarkozy intervention on appointments resulted in the name of hyper-president. The President made appointments and controls systematically, a matter which his predecessors had not achieved. During Sarkozy tenure, there was an improved role of the presidential staff accompanied by the better nomination of advisors and ministers. President Sarkozy had a leadership vision even before he won the seat. He had the vision of a President, exercising executive authority with the prime minister acting as the implementor. The vision was accomplished in his tenure with the concentration of inner-executive functions. Sarkozy title as hyper-president is a term that he did deserve for the numerous contributions he made to the French state. Presidency is defined as a collection of administrative duties that revolve around the president office of any given state. It includes a collection of people, attorneys, chiefs of staffs among other bureaucrats (William and David 2013). However, all these are linked or lead to one person.As opposed to early years, the presidency as continued to lose its power as states and economies continue to grow and expand. Before the constitutions bestowed almost all the powers to a single person, but this has changed with the emergence of various institutions surrounding the system of the presidency. Throughout history, there have been many presidents who were powerful and people believed that all the power should rest with the presidency. In the recent past, with the development of democracy and constitutions, the powers of the presidency have been trimmed, and different groups have changed their perspective on presidency powers.

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William, Howell, and Brent David. Thinking about the presidency: the primacy of power. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.