THE TELEGRAPH: Nicolas Sarkozy spent his "honeymoon" at a steelworks, as the French President sought to show his mind was on the job after his marriage to Carla Bruni.
"As honeymoons go, there’s nothing better," declared the President at the grim ArcelorMittal factory in eastern France, after pledging to do everything in the state’s power to preserve 600 jobs at risk there.
He then flew off to Romania for an official visit.
The president woke up to the news that French support for him had fallen once again, down 13 points from last month to 41 per cent, according to an LH2 poll in Liberation newspaper.
"The divorce", headlined the paper, referring to the growing number of French apparently no longer charmed by the leader they elected only eight months ago.
Only Jacques Chirac has lost support so quickly, according to the pollster, when he launched an austerity drive in 1996 to heal a "social fracture" between the country’s haves and have-nots. Nicolas Sarkozy honeymoons at steelworks >>> By Henry Samuel in Paris
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