Hollande is more fair-minded than Sarkozy

The bling-bling of the Sarkozy era has come to an end with the new government in France, the left-liberal weekly Le Jeudi writes. "The new government is sending out the message that common sense and pragmatism have replaced the grand gestures and arrogance of French politics and this is being greeted enthusiastically in the world's capitals. The state is taking account of the constraints on its political flexibility while trying to find solutions that are not just painful for its citizens. Naturally there will be unpopular measures, and people will accept them grudgingly. But they can tell that the rewards will be reaped not just by the rich, as was the case under Sarkozy. François Hollande and [Prime Minister] Jean-Marc Ayrault know only too well that they have few effective weapons against big business, and they are entitled to seek a solution in dialogue between the social partners."

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