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Neo-Bonapartism? A parallel between Nicolas Sarkozy and Napoleon III for the 2007 elections, Sarkozy and Woerth hired a professional fund-raising staff at the UMP and set up U.S.-style "donor circles" (2010). Accordingly, the journalists points out that the UMP raised a record of 9.13 million Euros, in a time the Socialists raised 750 000 Euros (Matlack & Fouquet, 2010). Answering a question about his “relation to money” during the June 12 th 2010’s TF1 interview, Sarkozy declared that he is “suspicious of people who idolize money as of those who detest it". That being said, such a magnanimous standpoint seems perfectly coherent and sensed from a hyper-president whose preferred refrain is his “travailler plus pour gagner plus” maxim, even if it (again) goes against the French tradition of bienséance which bans and “taboo-es” the money talks. A website dedicated to this project is available starting Dec 7 th 2010 at: http://www.aui.ma/personal/~Y.Assaoui/ 52
Neo-Bonapartism? A parallel between Nicolas Sarkozy and Napoleon III Chapter III: A lively and dirigiste political communication sustained by interest ties with the media owners « Oui, on se réveillera ! Oui, on sortira de cette torpeur, qui, pour un tel peuple, est la honte : et quand la France sera réveillée, quand elle ouvrira les yeux, quand elle distinguera, quand elle verra ce qu'elle a devant elle et à côté d'elle, elle reculera, cette France, avec un frémissement terrible, devant ce monstrueux forfait qui a osé l'épouser dans les ténèbres et dont elle a partagé le lit. Les sceptiques sourient et insistent ; ils disent : « N'espérez rien. Ce régime, selon vous, est la honte de la France. Regardez donc la tribune, la presse, l'intelligence, la parole, la pensée, tout ce qui était la liberté, a disparu. Hier cela remuait, cela s'agitait, cela vivait, aujourd'hui cela est pétrifié. Eh bien, on est content, on s'accommode de cette pétrification, on en tire parti, on y fait ses affaires, on vit là-dessus comme à l'ordinaire. Ne vous faites pas illusion, ceci est solide, ceci est stable, ceci est le présent et l’avenir. » Victor Hugo, Napoléon le Petit, 1863. I. A lively and squared monitoring of the media: Thought the last monarch and the latest president of the Hexagon experienced and evolved in dissimilar media environments, their respective relationship with the fourth power and the degree of freedom they conceded to it are interesting to compare since again Napoleon III’s background in that domain seems inspirational for Sarkozy. Before handling this cross-centuries comparative analysis, two limiting criteria should be taken into account to adjust the analytical lens: first the almost unlimited room for maneuver of the emperor in comparison with Sarkozy’s inheritance of a matured media system and second the very nature of the media and their evolving role in shaping political leadership in France. This being said, it is worth highlighting the fact that the main mass medium of the mid nineteenth century was the press, a tool of communication the emperor happened to know A website dedicated to this project is available starting Dec 7 th 2010 at: http://www.aui.ma/personal/~Y.Assaoui/ 53
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