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Wed 11 Nov 2009At the half-way point, Sarkozy has grounds for satisfaction
There are pluses and minuses, but the French president’s glass seems at least half-full, writes RUADHAN MAC CORMAIC
HAD NICOLAS Sarkozy had his way, the symbolic milestone of the mid-way point in his presidential term this month might have passed a little more quietly than it has. But not much is going the French president’s way at home these days, and the occasion has shone an unflattering light on a government which Sarkozy himself concedes is saddled with a traditional “mid-term curse”.
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