Economist.com
"The Sarko show
Jun 28th 2007 | PARIS
From The Economist print edition
A new star takes the European stage
HOLLYWOOD calls it star quality. In politics, the word is charisma. Nobody can define it; everybody wants it; and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy seems to have it. That was certainly the impression created at the European Union summit in Brussels. As Britain's Tony Blair briefed jaded reporters in a room dotted with empty chairs, Mr Sarkozy wowed a jam-packed press room next door. One diplomat talked admiringly of his “fizzing political energy”. Even the leftish daily Libération declared the summit “an unquestionable success” for Mr Sarkozy, and published a poll showing that 63% of French voters approve of him."
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