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Clean sweeps are what Hollande has spent a lifetime avoiding

Hollande at centre of romantic scandal that left his government adrift

Can Sarkozy convince the French that he is born-again, is the big question

Even the Left are turning hostile to the president perceived as lacking courage, indecisive, incompetent, weak and even incoherent

Can the ‘new’ Sarkozy acknowledge his mistakes as he makes them?

Prime Minister Manuel Valls’ desperate act of unity favouring Republicans may help to ward off the Le Pen threat one more time

After a revolt by voters, the president had little choice but to promote ‘Sarkozy’s clone’

One year in, Francois Hollande has alienated most voters and antagonised Merkel

Sarkozy, like Freddy Krueger in the horror flick, is getting angrier and angrier

The burkini ban is a sign that the country is open to the former president’s views on national identity