Sarkozy still stuck in 'adolescence'

Paris: Nicolas Sarkozy is stuck in adolescence, with a "desperate desire" to be loved, a group of French of psychoanalysts has said.

Six psychoanalysts tried to deconstruct the president's unconscious and find out why France was so obsessed with its hyperactive leader.

Their conclusions, published in the weekly Le Point, were almost unanimous: the French elected an impulsive teenager unwilling to let go of his illusions of omnipotence. "The accession to power no doubt reactivated his adolescent urges that remained so strong within him," said Philippe Grimbert. "His adolescent desire to be leader of the pack and have all the nicest-looking girls is also intact."

The experts were unanimous in their disapproval of Sarkozy's love of glitz and public displays of affection with Carla Bruni, the former Italian model who is now his wife.