The Financial Times has an article on the economics of Nicolas Sarkozy. It says:
Interestingly, many “Sarko watchers” note his almost uncompromising free market approach on domestic issues such as taxation and the labour market, while areas where he must bow to Brussels – such as competition – attract the most protectionist outbursts.
For Alex Singleton, head of the Globalisation Institute, the free market think-tank, the jury is still out despite some worrying signs. “It is very frustrating for consistency, but it is perhaps what the French public needs. It may simply be that he is a very shrewd operator.”