From a distance, it may appear that the French mainstream right is on the road to political and organisational unity with Nicolas Sarkozy’s successful return to the helm of the opposition UMP. With the left in disarray and the far right National Front not – or not yet – credible enough to win, though more than strong enough to deliver a shock to the political system, the way is open for Mr Sarkozy’s comeback at the next presidential elections, non? Are we about to witness in 2017 the French equivalent of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s return to power in Japan, with a rebranding so powerful that his name became identified with a novel economic policy?
從遠處看，隨著尼古拉?薩科齊(Nicolas Sarkozy)重新執掌反對黨——人民運動聯盟(UMP)，法國右翼主流勢力似乎正走在一條通向政治和組織團結的道路上。在法國左翼陷入混亂、而極右翼政黨國民陣線(National Front)的可信度不足以（或者說尚不足以）贏得大選（盡管該黨現在已足夠強大，能夠對法國政治體系造成沖擊）的情況下，薩科齊有可能在下次總統大選中再次獲勝，不是嗎？日本首相安倍晉三(Shinzo Abe)重返政壇的情景是否會在2017年的法國重現？安倍晉三的“品牌再造”如此強大，以至于還有一項以他的姓氏命名的新穎經濟政策。