It is very interesting to know how many member of the new french governement team are coming out from another politic side.
Finaly, when we think about it, most of people who followed Mr Sarkozy are "Traitors" who come from another side and changed their mind after the results of elections.
Even if this is usual in politic, i've never seen this at this scale, i don't think it's possible to built a "constructiv" politic project with most of the people who are just awaiting for the opportunity to take neighbor's place.
Sarkozy presents that as "the politic opening"!
That's the way it's presented to people via the media.
I think it's just the best way to kill other politic force and have a complet power.
And that's very dangerous for democracy, because the opposition is necessary.
The actual prime minister was fired by the former Chirac's govenrnment and joined Sarkozy just because he was frustrated of that.

I think that when the first difficult will arrive for this government (evreryone knows french poeple...), all of them will become back like before Sarkozy victory.
I don't think that it's possible to change 30 years of unemployement in 5 years just with a good comunication campaign.
Our president N. Sarkozy is a frustrated man and his power is to be able to convince other frustrate politicians to join him : When you build a team with Traitors, one day they will betray you! That's the game in politics...This is the team of revenge, nothing positiv!

The second chairman of TF1 (first huge french TV channel) is the second "right arm" of N. Sarkozy!!! Moreover, unfortunatly I don't think that the spirit of the french people did really changed, the problem is cultural in France and can't be changed just with a few laws and more police!
We need long term work, we need to spend more time and money in education, we need to change the way we use taxes, we need to just learn how to talk and find realist solution together when we have problem, stop be jalous of other success, stop complain, stop put the gulty on neighbours !!!

What about a people who wants extreme solution ?

Europe had very happy time until the 80's. But after several crises, bad and weak politics solutions, people became more and more poor and unhappy. But the politicians was still deaf as usual! Therefor, we reach the extreme and people wanted heavy and hard solution. France is not an exception, following Italy, with Berlusconi , Austria, and Russia or USA, the people send a hard signal to government in 2002 with Mr Jean Marie Le pen (extreme right and racist leader).

Today Mr Sarkozy understood very well that this was the key of victory : the extreme right people! And he did it well.
But every one know that this is the danger of populism, it an uncontrollable population. As soon as they feel that they have a leader who represent their ideas, they think their right! Then we don't know where is the end of those ideas! Of course, the paradox is that mr Sarkozy has foreign origin...as a lot of dictator...mmhh, interesting! Today Italy can't find political stability any more and we don't know what will happen after Mr Bush or Vladimir Putine ?

When leaders use hard force, power and police instead of law, education and economical exchange, it s very difficult to come back after because force calls force!!!

PS: my english is not good enough to express all the complexity of this political reflexion...but i 'll improve it with the time.