I hate this jerk. I hate his money loving, arrogant, egocentric ways. I hate his nouveau riche behaviour. I hate the style he gave his presidency - France is his new toy, and he's gonna play with it till it breaks. He is shameless, manipulative, with dictator tendencies, as poor a president he was a gifted candidate.

He thought the French would look at him in newfound respect and admiration because he is fucking the beautiful rich girl. They despise him, and her, for it. He thought the show of his "private" life would distract the French from their problems in daily life. Well, that did not happen.

He just learned he cannot tell people to shut up and suffer, to work more to earn less, while he spends his own time in billionaire friends' planes or yachts or holiday homes in exchange of a 15 billion euro tax cut, showing off the 19.000 euro ring he gave his girlfriend, or the 45.000 euro watch she gave him, and increasing his own salary by 142%.

I wish him a lot of happiness in his private life, he'll need it: he probably won't be a happy president in the coming months. Open your eyes, pal: you wanted to be loved by everyone? More and more people hate you. Welcome to reality.

Couldn't handle his ex-wife, can't handle his country, can't handle the world and his new wife is already too hard to handle. Get into reggae cowboy.

Than you for your article:

http://www.english4france.com/.....HATE-STORY

I'm ashamed to be french now because of the president.
He was elected by the old people, but most of them regret now.

I agree completely with what Shani said, except about his salary : + 172 % (not 142%) > 7,084 € to 19,331 €

But his salary increase is not the worst. The more time passes, the more we find his personality worrying. Of course, he's horribly vulgar, arrogant, manipulator, coleric, narcissistic, but he also seems to be a bit dangerous (a mix between Berlusconi and Poutine).
He exerts the power alone, in an incoherent way, assembling people ones against the others, saying a thing and its opposite the following day, multiplying laws which kill the personal freedoms insidiously, and following a disastrous foreign politics (selling weapons and nuclear engineering to terrorist dictatorships)

You seems to believe that we love to hate him and his new wife but I don't think so. We don't care about his private life !
In France, people traditionally thought that a president can do what he wants into private as long as that doesn't prevent from exerting his function.

If tabloïds are excited now, it's because Sarkozy opened the Pandora's box by using his private life to divert the attention of the failures of his policy, he played with the journalists by flattering them then by humiliating them or by threatening them, and he pays it now.

His last whim is to lodge a complaint against a journalist of a serious political newspaper. Admittedly the story is about a private text message but if it is proven, it teaches still a little more on the border line personality of the president.
It's not the first time a french president is attacked by medias, but it's the first time that a complaint against a media is deposited, and Sarkozy chose the hardest way : the maximum penalty in such a case is three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros !

How do we call a country where the leader imprisons journalists ?

In fact we don't like to hate him, we're just afraid by the man.

Are you representing France? Are you the entire France yourself? So please don't use "we" but "I" to give your point of view. It's not because you think that about sarkozy that everybody in France thinks the same. Compris?

Actually if Sarkozy had mentioned marriage with Carla ten years ago it would have sounded unreasonable. However when unreachable stars like her turn fortyish they often start thinking about settling down. Even Madonna, who once advocated promise-free promiscuity and said “I'm not married–who could stand me?” decided to settle at about that age. Her second marriage has lasted seven years. For dogs and divas, that’s an eternity.

I love Sarkozy! he's a sexy beast. oooh what a mighty mighty man.
You lot are just jealous that you could never measure up to a man like him!
Oh and his policies aren't bad either!
Ooh la la monsieur Sarkozy ;D

Sarkozy is a delightful man. His policies appear to be sound. I support him entirely.
Jon Berks

Hey there, Meg is absolutely right.

Sarkozy is brill and definitely ROCKS MY WORLD!!!!!!!.Watch out Carla, Magda is in town next week.

Sarky has great body especially in his tight, arse hugging jog shorts.

His policies are also good - he's doing France a favour - better than Chirac would have ever done. Economic reforms, social reforms, and much more. What would you want from a hansome man.

Luv you sarky.

From a British perspective, Sarkozy doesn't desrespect France when I see him on TV at international functions. Policy and behaviour is separarate, unless it directly involves other countries - i.e. Bush and war - it is for France to consider and make conclusions. I heard a French lady on TV saying she didn't want him to make France into a joke, but I don't think he has. Britain has tensions with the E.U. project, but they would have them anyway; if Sarkozy adds to the tensions then people will whine, but I think Britain, like anywhere, gets on with its' business.

I read some American saying Britain is all 'ga ga' over Sarkozy. The media is like a parallel universe - it says what it wants and then people write in with comments, but the world carries on.

Sarkozy - France can decide. I have no problems myself.

Best wishes!