Sarkozy's weakness endangers Europe

The conservative governing UMP party led by French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost the first round of the regional elections. The conservative daily Corriere della Sera comments on the low voter turnout and Sarkozy's weaknesses: "For Europe, which has once more placed all its hopes of growth in the German-French axis, the thought of weakened leaderships in both France and Germany is anything but soothing. Now of all times the EU needs a strong and solid power in Paris and Berlin, no matter whether centre-left or centre-right. Consequently the gradual breakdown heralded by the French regional elections, in expectation of a similar pattern at a continental level, is the worst imaginable scenario not just for France but for Europe as a whole."

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