Hollande said he wants a 75% income tax on top earners a few days ago.
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Many French people deride Sarkozy as a wannabe American. I think the impact of a Hollande presidency is a directional shift to emphasize domestic concerns and an directional shift towards socialism.
I think he's much more popular than Sarkozy in small towns. I even know a few people who voted Sarkozy back in 2007 and now say they want Hollande to come to the throne.
Sarkozy is seen as an oligarch who isn't interested in people's everyday concerns. Nationalists also hate him for having kissed Gaddafi's feet in 2007.
He still has a chance to be reelected though.
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How it will be the impact of a Sarkozy's defeat ? What will change with this Hollande guy ? How it could affected Europe as a whole ?
As far as Europe is concerned Hollande's plan is to revivify the Franco-German relationship with a new bilateral treaty.
His positions on other international issues are basically the following:
-> create a new partnership with north african countries
-> support the recognition of a Palestinian state
-> immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan
-> stop intervening in Africa
No one really care about international affairs in France so I doubt this will help him get elected.