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Viewing cable 07SAOPAULO387, MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07SAOPAULO387 2007-05-08 10:21 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0000
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0387 1281021
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 081021Z MAY 07
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6890
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 8024
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8046
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 2778
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000387 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO 
PAULO 
 
 
1. "Elected To Change" 
 
Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (5/8) 
editorialized: "Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy obtained a 
clear victory in the French presidential elections. As a result, the 
Socialist Party had its third consecutive defeat in presidential 
elections. The 6 percent difference, however, shows that France 
continues to be a nation deeply divided between the left and the 
right wings. Sarkozy brings the winds of change.... What remains to 
be seen is whether these changes will really occur or if they will 
be no more than simply media effects produced by the campaign. There 
is no reason to doubt Sarkozy's intention to modernize France.... 
Part of the problem is that a significant number of French citizens 
- including Sarkozy's voters - oppose changes in the nation's 
generous system of social benefits." 
 
2. "Sarkozy's Victory" 
 
Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo (5/8) 
commented: "The 38 million French who voted Sunday divided the 
nation into two parts - one left, another right.... No other French 
president believed, as Sarkozy does, in the qualities of modern 
capitalism.... There cannot be any doubt of what Sarkozy thinks 
about an open economy - except for the agribusiness sector.... One 
may question, however, if the new president will be able to start a 
profound reform in the French model - i.e., if an excessively 
supported society will accept changes that will alter its way of 
life." 
McMullen