Saving Public Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s rapid fall from grace is unprecedented in the history of the Fifth Republic. While it is too early to write Sarkozy off, the most serious casualty of the current political climate has been his reform agenda.
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Ever since key public figures signed a manifesto in a French magazine denouncing the dangers of a monarchical drift – without ever mentioning the president’s name – the political atmosphere in France has been electric. Nicolas Sarkozy’s rapid fall from grace is unprecedented in the history of the Fifth Republic. His popularity ratings are plummeting, and his party, the conservative UMP, is predicted to fare badly in the municipal elections in mid-March.