It may especially weaken urther the presidential speech

Act II o the post-régionales reconquest: a ter gi ing the Go ernment signals to its parliamentary majority by reshaping Monday, Nicolas Sarkozy ga e a speech at the exit o the Council o Ministers, yesterday, to address essentially the electorate disappointed by 2007. Re ormer oluntarism - "nothing would be worse than change in cap"-, personal in ol ement - "you wait or the results, you them"-, promise reiterated not to raise taxes and act against the burqa: three days a ter the de eat o the UMP in regional elections, the head o State tried to ind the ingredients o the cocktail winner o the presidential election. And to do it alone. rançois illon cancelled last night a response to the "20 hours" o T 1, on request it seems the head o the State. "In there is only one who speaks", would ha e justi ied the latter, according to remarks reported by a Minister.

I the rench su er (and the sanction in the polls), this is not because the conducted re orms are bad, supported Nicolas Sarkozy in his speech, but because "the crisis has pre ented to see the e ects o all what has been accomplished". "". "Our policy has allowed us to better through the crisis than most o our partners, it will allow us to better take ad antage o the reco ery," he continued, by persisting in the de ence o the opening to the le t, renamed the "plurality o opinions."

A boule ard to the le t

I the maintenance o the Cape is located in the right line o "in regional elections, regional implications", hammered by Nicolas Sarkozy in recent weeks, it is howe er not without risk on two points. It o ers a boule ard on the le t, that was quick yesterday to denounce "a denial o reality" (Jean-Luc Mélenchon, le t ront) or predict a "bar on social coup" (Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, PS). It may especially weaken urther the presidential speech. Because, beyond the speeches, orce is clear that the re orm oluntarism o the head o State out chipped in Sunday's ote and looks like more and more "back to undamentals" ad ocated by Jean- rançois Copé.

Despite the erbal, the carbon tax is now little chance to see the day. "I makes the creation o a domestic carbon tax a tax at the borders o Europe that will protect our agriculture and our industries against un air competition", he said. To the chagrin o en ironmentalists, but personalities who supported the head o State in his project also: Alain Juppe urged yesterday the rance "to not gi e up", Michel Rocard has been estimated that in ten years, on speak o "crime against humanity" about those who will be "delayed."

The objecti e o reducing public de icits is, he e en mentioned in the presidential speech. On the contrary, it might be complicated by the promises made to oters o er Canada. Picking up the addresses targeted to any particular part o the electorate as he did in 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy has promised to meet the expectations o armers and physicians in proximity... rarely cheap promises (read below).

New international stage

urther actions against iolence in the stadiums, transportation and schools, the only re orm which seems to emerge intact rom the turbulence o recent days is that o pensions, also designed by the President as a response to the question o de icits. "I will be no spending not in orce... but be ore six months, the necessary and air measures will be adopted," he said.

Starting today, it is a third stage, international, Nicolas Sarkozy committed in an attempt to regain points in opinion: European Summit today and tomorrow, in a climate o extreme tension with the Germany, meeting with Barack Obama Monday and Tuesday in the United States, be ore the G20 in Ottawa in June. In 2008, the rench Presidency o the European Union had allowed the head o the State o clear opinion the damage caused by its way o li e. Can international still help him regain control on the inside It is the wish o the Elysee Palace.