Sarkozy is philosophically a conservative, but an ultra-liberal on economic issues, making him totally foreign to the Gaullist tradition. Preaching privatization and social repression, he has placed himself to the right of the right, hoping to take back the votes that the mainstream right has been losing to Jean-Marie Le Pen’s “fascistoid” National Front for the past 20 years.
萨尔科奇是保守主义哲学的忠实追随者，在经济问题上却信奉极端自由主义，这使他的观点与传统的戴高乐主义格格不入。鼓吹私有化和社会镇压的他比右派分子还右派分子，盼望着能够借此赢回主流右翼势力近20年来在让·马利·勒庞（Jean-Marie Le Pen）领导的国民阵线（National Front）手中所失去的选票。