Sarkozy’s End

No it’s not the political end of Nicolas Sarkozy. The local election results as discouraging as they are, they are neither the cause nor the origin of Sarkozy’s decline. If someone wanted to trace the present difficulties and future failures of Sarkozy one has to look back at his political campaign for the presidency.

In the TV debate before the second round for the presidency Sarkozy said in his opening statement that he wanted “to be a president of the republic who is committed first of all to results. I want results. No more talk, no more declarations of virtual rights but promises to the French of rights that will become a reality: Results.”

This is the basis and the starting point of Sarkozy’s end as a political reformer and a transformative force for a new France. The statement about “results” points to a misunderstanding about France’s source of discontent; France does not face a managerial problem but a philosophical one. Συνέχεια