A New Era for Franco-American Relations?
Nicolas Sarkozy is no ordinary French politician.
Mr Sarkozy calls
“the greatest democracy in the world”
He elaborates periodically:
“If I had to choose, I feel closer to American
society than to a lot of others around the world.”
From Charles de Gaulle to Jacques Chirac, latent or explicit anti-Americanism has been a defining foreign-policy doctrine for successive French presidents. This is why Mr Sarkozy's words will both startle and soothe American ears. He not only advocates a fresh start for Franco-American relations. He also declares, more strongly than he did in the French version, that he feels “close to
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