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France reshuffle: Sarkozy plays his hand

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After trimming down his cabinet, is Nicolas Sarkozy in fighting form for his assumed 2012 re-election bid? The polls indicate the opposite and critics feel the "hyperpresidency" needs to slow down, but our panellists tell François Picard how with a free hand in parliament, the French president can still afford to push on with reforms.

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  • Anna-Maria MERLO-POLI, Correspondent, Il Manifesto
  • Arthur GOLDHAMMER, Senior Affiliate, Harvard Center for European Studies
  • Christophe ROBEET, France24

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