Rejection of Austerity

Au Revoir Sarko

Matt Carr | Posted 07.07.2012 | UK Politics
Matt Carr

Even by the dismal standards set by so many European rightwing governments in the last decade or so, Nicolas Sarkozy was a uniquely repellent politician. Brash, vulgar, ostentatious, ruthless and arrogant, his appetite for power was untempered by any moral scruples.