Carlamania and the Boycott of the Olympics

And so the meeting between France and the UK finally took place. However, the UK magazines couldn’t care less about the entente Cordiale, while an enormous space was devoted to his (new) first lady. The Media threw itself over Carla, and readers learn all about her wardrobe and previous relationships. She was called a new Jackie-O by some, Lady Di by others. After her speech for a help organization, she found a way to the heart of many Englishmen. While the media was obsessing with Carla, the President of the French Republic was somewhat left in the shadow of his wife. Although ,this did not seem to bother him that much, Mr Sarkozy seemed mostly touched by the warm welcome England had given Carla. In a press conference, Mr Sarkozy, answered the questions about Carla with sparkles in his eyes and said that he was grateful that people finally could see that there is not only a beautiful exterior to Carla.

After all the English praise, Sarko's trip to China might not be as easy. Though, France was spoiled with gifts at the arrival, Mr Sarkozy still stands behind the boycott of the opening ceremony for the Olympics. One might think that, not taking bribes to alter a politic opinion would be a very healthy approach, but a growing number of Chinese feel that France is being ignorant in their way of handling the question. In fact, some persons are currently using the web to engage people to not buy any French services or products. There are also some messages circulating on the web that the French supermarket Carrefour should be boycotted.
The Boycott of the Olympics has become a critical question and will, whatever standpoint Sarkozy will take in end, affect France’s China-relations. “Carlamania” might have put a spell on many powerful men, but more is needed to save the french place in the market of Chinese economy and politics.

Entente cordiale; Mr Sarkozy goes Uk

Nicolas Sarkozy has put UK all over his agenda for this week, in a possible effort to honor the Entente cordiale. Entente cordiale is an agreement signed in 1904, to establish peace and harmony, between the two countries. But seen from the way Sarkozy is applying the Anglo-Saxon model to politics and economy, he is assumable more than thrilled to enter Papa-land. Carla Sarkozy, is also taking the promotion of harmony very seriously between UK and France. First lady Carla, along with the French female ministers, is bringing her A-game to London. While Dress-to-Kill, they aim their chic wardrobe to charm the British royalty and Power.
Meanwhile, Carla Sarkozy is stressing the new image of her husband Nicolas. Forget the image of the bling-bling, easily agitated Sarkozy. He is no longer to be chased by angry fishermen on the streets of France, and no longer shall he be denied to shake someone’s hand. Voila the new prototype Sarkozy; a well-spoken, humble and classy gentlemen, able to connect to all levels in a very multicultural society. In other words, it is an attempt to wipe away his bad reputation and raise popularity in the polls. This phenomena has been addressed as; la Stratégie Carla (The Carla strategy).
Further, it might be a natural reflex, to reinforce Sarkozy’s international relations, when his own people and media refer his reign as a Reality- Show.

The Euro gets stronger, while Sarko gets weaker

Mr Sarkozy’s eyes sparkles of enthusiasm as the euro is stronger than ever before. Ironically enough, his situation is more comparable with the dollar, facing a major fall. According to polls, the President’s charm has started to fade, as well as the trust people have in him. Speculators doubt in his rapid reforms and turn towards the left-wing instead. It seems like more voters appreciate the Paris velo; free public bicycles, than privatization. Maybe the reforms came too quickly, maybe France is not suitable to adapt a model of economic liberalism. However, Nicolas follow the steps of Charles de Gaulle as the governement constinues to intervene in private companies. He has recently been meddling in the Société Générale affair, which raises concern of a true open market. Surely it would be tricky to adapt the Nation of Molière and Jean d’Arc into a new US; with Buy, buy, buy on its agenda. Presumably; the heritage of revolution does not go exactly hand in hand with the concept of: richer gets richer.

In his quest to adapt the anglo-saxon to the hexagone's economy and politics, the President seems somewhat misplaced. It might do him good, to stop for some seconds, have a look around and acknowledge the needs of his people. Its probable, that after a lot of travelling around, he could have just lost track of which country he's actually leading.

The Earhquake Sarko

While Great Britain got woken up by the earthquake this week, Nicolas Sarkozy continues to shake France about. But by shaking up his hexagon too much, he now has a hard time to find a calm ground to rest his feet on. By a survey carried out by Liberation 3th of March, the support of thePresident has dropped with 4 per cent and which shows that people have started to lose their trust in him.


The earthquake Sarko, has now shredded a new victim; primary schools. This time, his query concerns the holocaust, which he wants to be laid-out at a very early age, while teaching the effects of racism. The thought is good, but psychologist and teachers claim that the heavy message is too hard to break for a 10 year old child. It the same time, some teachers are getting offended because its like Sarko is saying “ That’s really nice Dear, but let me show you how to do your job.”
To stir up a bit more, Mr President wants to remove advertisement on the public Broadcast group: France télévisions. Maybe Sarkozy got so offended by the Ryanair ad that he cursing off ads forever. OR maybe him and Carla are getting tired of the commercial break when cuddling in the Tv-sofa for the Sunday night’s movie. Probably, he just forgot that publicity is a major income source for broadcasting and involves an important number of staff. The staff on the other hand, did not forget and which resulted in a huge strike with the slogan “Télé sans pub, mais pas sans l’sou” [Tv without ads, but not without money”]

After swiping from Primary school to Broadcast, Nicolas also had time to stop by the Agriculture meeting. After a bystander's refusal to shake mr presidents hand, claiming that his hand was dirty Sarkozy responded; Casse-toi, pauvre con![ Get lost, poor idiot] Poor idiot? No, Poor Nicolas Sarkozy. Unfortunately, someone recorded the whole drama and is now up and running on Youtube seen by 2,018,434 people. Where did his excellent media relations skills go? Is the love for Carla Bruni, making him loose his cool?

To conclude; the Pr-team is going to be busy cleaning up after the earthquake Nicolas Sarkozy. However, when the work is over 11pm, they can return to their home and enjoy a in- depth documentary about the WW 2, without commercial breaks.