Nicolas Sarkozy

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Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement party headquarters after conceding defeat to Socialist Francois Hollande. (Associated Press)

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Supporters of president-elect Francois Hollande celebrate after socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

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Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves from his car as he leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party headquarters after the the preliminary results of the second round of the presidential elections were announced. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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A supporter of outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) covers her face as the preliminary results of the second round of the presidential elections were announced at UMP headquarters in Paris. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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Supporters of outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) with a T-shirt reading "Youth for Sarkozy". (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement party headquarters after conceding defeat Sunday to Socialist Francois Hollande. (Associated Press)

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A demonstrator holds up a portrait to make fun of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, now-defeated French President Nicolas Sarkozy (center) and Spanish Employers Organization President Juan Rosell during a May Day protest Tuesday in Pamplona against the Spanish government's tough new labor reforms and cutbacks. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves to well-wishers as he and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (center right), leave after casting their votes in the second round of the French presidential elections in Paris on Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

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Marine Le Pen, who came in a strong third place in the first round of the French presidential elections, has spurned incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, a fellow critic of the left. She appears to be hoping for a victory for the Socialist candidate so she can emerge as the face of the opposition. (Associated Press)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is running for re-election, and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, leave after casting their votes in the first round of French presidential balloting in Paris on Sunday, April 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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France's President and candidate for re-election in 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, gestures as he delivers a speech during a campaign meeting in Saint Maurice, outside Paris, Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Supporters of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is running for re-election, wave French flags during a campaign rally at the Place de la Concorde in Paris on Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Francois Hollande (seen here) has gained popularity for his tax-the-rich proposal in his campaign to unseat French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is struggling to shed his image as "President Bling Bling" in a country with widespread aversion to wealth. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** French President Nicolas Sarkozy stands by soldiers carrying a coffin during a ceremony in Montauban, southwestern France, on March 21, 2012, to pay homage to the three soldiers killed by a suspect claiming al Qaeda links and also suspected in the killings of three Jewish children and a rabbi. (Associated Press)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy pays respect during a ceremony Wednesday for three slain paratroopers. Authorities think they were killed by the gunman also thought to be responsible for the deaths of three Jewish children and a rabbi. A 24-year-old Frenchman of Algerian descent is the chief suspect in the seven slayings.

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, with Frederic Pechenard, director of the French police, left, arrives to meet soldiers and police officers close to the apartment building where a suspect in the shooting at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school is barricaded in Toulouse, Southern France, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)