▁bit ▁modified ▁following ▁the ▁U MP ' s ▁relative ▁victory ▁during ▁the ▁June ▁legisl ative ▁election . ▁Although ▁the ▁U MP ▁had ▁not ▁obtained ▁a ▁majority ▁as ▁large ▁as ▁expected , ▁Nicolas ▁S ark o zy ▁could ▁launch ▁the ▁re forms ▁he ▁had ▁p led ged ▁as ▁a ▁candidate ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁elected . ▁However , ▁he ▁tried ▁to ▁open ▁his ▁government ▁to ▁the ▁opposition ▁party , ▁appoint ing ▁several ▁polit icians ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁opposition ▁parties . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁qu in qu enn at ▁reform ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁republic ▁has ▁a ▁five - year ▁term ▁to ▁lead ▁freely ▁the ▁domestic ▁policy ▁he ▁wants , ▁if ▁ever ▁he ▁obtain s ▁the ▁majority ▁at ▁the ▁legisl ative ▁election , ▁which ▁is ▁very ▁likely ▁to ▁occur . ▁Trad itionally , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁Constitution ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Fif th ▁Republic , ▁the ▁main ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Republic ▁is ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁foreign ▁policy ▁of ▁the ▁nation , ▁while ▁the ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁is ▁entr usted ▁with ▁leading ▁the ▁domestic ▁policy . ▁However , ▁as ▁François ▁F illon ▁was ▁polit ically ▁very ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁President , ▁Nicolas ▁S ark o zy ▁could ▁be ▁very ▁active ▁both ▁in ▁foreign ▁relations ▁and ▁in ▁domestic ▁re forms . ▁French ▁journal ists ▁have ▁called ▁him ▁an ▁" hyper - prés ident ", ▁to ▁ins ist ▁on ▁his ▁will ▁to ▁solve ▁many ▁important ▁problems ▁and ▁his ▁om ni pres ence ▁in ▁all ▁domains . ▁Some ▁media ▁even