Guardian: Sarkozy is making enemies when he should really be making friends
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Sarkozy is making enemies when he should really be making friends
Making enemies might seem a strange way to launch a presidency. But Nicolas Sarkozy just cannot help it, it seems. In the run-up to the start of France's six-month leadership of the European Union, kicking off next Tuesday, a steady stream of venom is pouring Brussels's way from Paris. The two main targets are Jose Manuel Barroso, the ex-Portuguese prime minister who heads a liberal commission, and Peter Mandelson, former New Labour brain and now powerful trade commissioner. The rhetorical knives are out.
