Nicolas Sarkozy's sacrament

The editorialist Joëlle Meskens has noted "a little more simplicity" coming from the French right-wing candidate. "Nicolas Sarkozy, aware that he is his own worst enemy, has sought to lay himself bare, to round the harsh edges of his image that the mirrors of the polls reflect as 'too authoritarian'. He has managed to show that he is, like all French people, made of flesh, blood and wounds. He will nonetheless need more than this little supplement of humanity to be convincing. ... In his 'Ode to a united France', to the 'Real Republic', Nicolas Sarkozy is casting his net so wide that one ends up doubting his good faith. Can one declare oneself right-wing whilst working to seduce the center and winking at the left by evoking the spirit of Jaures [founding father of the French Socialist Party] and reach out to FN voters?”

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