It has been more than two years since Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at the head of the French state with an overwhelmingly positive image, both in France and abroad. He won the election with a promise to break the status quo. He claimed he would tackle the traditional blockages of French economy and society: the excessive role of the state, a crushing tax burden, a high number of people on benefits, too much structural unemployment, unrepresentative social and political institutions and a parliament that cannot control the executive.
Has Mr Sarkozy kept his promises? Has there been a break with the past? In short, no.
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