Go-It-Alone Sarkozy Irks Europe With Lack of Tact | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 28.02.2008

Go-It-Alone Sarkozy Irks Europe With Lack of Tact | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 28.02.2008

"Go-It-Alone Sarkozy Irks Europe With Lack of Tact
Nicolas Sarkozy

After less than a year in office, the popularity of French President Nicolas Sarkozy is dwindling rapidly. Apart from irritating the French, he's been ruffling feathers abroad -- most recently in Berlin.

Scheduling difficulties -- this diplomatic euphemism was the official reason from Paris for letting two Franco-German meetings slip through the cracks this week."