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In the 2007 presidential election, he supported Union for a Popular Movement ( UMP ) candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, despite having been a minister in a Socialist government, and being a member of the Radical Party of the Left ( PRG ).

According to Le Canard enchaîné, this support was won by Sarkozy because of tax issues which he promised to resolve following his election.