Look North, Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy should ignore calls to emulate the Anglo-American economic model, which is politically non-viable in France. Instead, he would do well to follow Germany's remarkably successful path to global competitiveness.
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In gearing up to take France on a new economic course, French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s choices are not confined to Anglo-American neo-liberalism and the dying French model of social protection. There are other viable alternatives, one of which is the German model. Germany, after all, is now one of the fastest growing countries in the euro zone. So it must be doing something right.