Where is Nicolas Sarkozy taking France?

Joelle Meskens analyses the disillusion felt by the French after one year under President Nicolas Sarkozy. "If the very people who elected him now doubt him, it's because Nicolas Sarkozy, who they didn't know that well after all, now reveals himself to be filled with paradoxes. The French have the right to ask where he's leading them. And the right to worry. ... Nicolas Sarkozy congratulates himself for having, in only one year, reformed France like no one has since Charles de Gaulle. Yes, but how? What is his model? ... What exactly is this 'politics of civilisation' that he announced at Christmas? It's surprising to see that the biggest issues are left forgotten: what happened to the Attali report, charged with boosting growth? And the Grenelle de l'Environnement, which was to guide all public policy? Nicolas Sarkozy seems to be flying blind."

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