The other ideology was the centrist faction of the party which advocated an interventionist foreign policy, fiscal austerity, and better management of the Social Safety Net.
There is no democratic governance, only management of austerity measures and of repression by unelected commissioners and financiers.
While lauded for its economic management and austerity, the nation has often found the world's attention trained more on its human rights violations and natural disasters than on uplifting moments.
As he attempts to revive his political fortunes at home, Mr Sarkozy is likely to take increasingly populist positions on crime and immigration and he may also license his ministers to air his differences with Germany over austerity, budget deficits and management of the European Central Bank.
For the interim government and its supporters, these austerity measures represent sound fiscal management as they attempt to rein in the government's budget deficit and restore market confidence in Brazil, which has seen its sovereign debt rating downgraded to junk status over the past year.
That will mean "an ambitious programme to strengthen tax compliance and public financial management" — and plenty more austerity.
Air Canada said today that it would lay off 4,000 workers and cut management pay in an austerity plan to counter slack demand and stiff fare competition.
Hamstrung by the deepening austerity of print journalism and a ruthless management, the ailing Shelby continues to dine out on stories from the glory days of war dispatches, living-large expense accounts and toujours l'amour.
When the global economic crash struck we didn't respond with austerity; we responded with classical Keynesian demand-management, boosting infrastructure investment, local council, school and NHS spending to record levels.
