Mr Sarkozy sees a chance to show he is a man of action, and he will find it easier to force through domestic reform if he can show he is not in thrall to all that Anglo-Saxon free-market ideology.

• 萨科齐先生想借此机会来显示下他是个实干家,而且如果能显示出他不屈服于盎格鲁-撒克逊人的自由市场意识形态,他国内的改革必将会推进的更容易些。