Nicolas Sarkozy's popularity is decreasing

According to several polls published last weekend, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is experiencing a drop in popularity. The editorialist Jean-François Verdonnet considers that a spell has been broken. "Public opinion ... is not allowing itself to be distracted by the astonishing spectacle being orchestrated at the Elysée palace. Defiance is being triggered by the way he creates a new head-line-grabbing event everyday and the loud display of his public life. His discourse may well be simple and wilful; he may well be breaking away from the classic rhetoric of his predecessors, but soon he could well become insignificant. No matter what, it is not enough to transform reality: the growth that could change everything is not something you just decree. And everyone already knows that it won't be anywhere to be seen this year."

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