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Tue 07 Jul 2008Emperor of bling or whirlwind statesman? Europe gets set for the Sarkozy treatment
ANALYSIS:With the EU presidency, Sarkozy's image as a personally unpleasant but extremely energetic, if sometimes arbitrary, reformer has been projected on to the European scene, writes Lara Marlowe.
PRESIDENT NICOLAS Sarkozy's armchair was strategically placed in the door of the Élysée Palace, so the air conditioning from the Petit Salonwafted over him. It was the hottest day of summer so far, and the French leader pulled his jacket off while two of his top advisers, jackets on, sweated in the scorching sun beside him.
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