Thursday, May 1, 2008

Tough Year for Sarkozy

Here is an interesting piece that The Economist has published tonight. The text gives a good overview of the first year in office of President Sarkozy in France.

As the article explains, "Sarko" has had a way more difficult first year than what he expected. He is actually the most unpopular first-year president in the history of the Fifth Republic, according to The Economist. This tells a lot...! Among other factors, The Economist blames the "Sarkozy Paradox" (I have invented this one!) regarding several economic issues for this low popularity.

Tonight, the French media indicate that resutls of a new poll that will be published this weekend show Sarkozy’s popularity has continued to drop over the last month.
Do You Trust Nicolas Sarkozy?
Source: TNS Sofres.

This proves that the very long interview that Sarkozy gave last week to convince people that France is on the right track has not reached its goals yet.

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