End of the affair for Sarkozy and Merkel after serial blunders
By John Lichfield in Paris
Published : 13 September 2007
Problems are piling up for Nicolas Sarkozy. Relations between the French President and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, are said to be deeply strained. Serious tensions are starting to appear in the French government. The economy is beginning to stutter. M. Sarkozy’s domestic popularity, which was in the stratosphere until last month, is drifting downwards. (...)