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Article: Is Sarkozy a closet socialist? France's president.(Nicolas Sarkozy, interventionist)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- November 15, 2008
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A question that worries a few and excites others
WITH delicious unintended symbolism, the French Socialists are meeting in Reims, capital of champagne country, between November 14th and 16th to elect a new leader. The party is deeply split by personal rivalries, with four front-runners for the top job. One contender, however, will not appear on the ballot, even if on recent form he might deserve to: Nicolas Sarkozy, the centre-right president.
Mr Sarkozy was elected last year on a promise to get the French back to work, to allow them to earn more, to end the welfare culture and to encourage risk and reward merit. But recently the president has sounded a ...