Greece, Italy, Spain: is Sarkozy the next to fall?

The economic crisis has created a new political rule: out go the incumbents! Last Sunday, the Socialists in Spain were the last ruling party to be swept out of power. The debt crisis and austerity packages are bringing down one government after the other, from the north to the south, from the left to the right. Does this mean Nicolas Sarkozy's re-election bid next spring is doomed?

POLITICS

By FRANCE 24

On the set:

Stéphane COSSÉ, President of the MODEM centrist party in Paris;
Richard BEARDSWORTH, Professor of Political Philosophy and International Relations, American University of Paris;
Mathieu DOIRET, IPSOS Polling Institute.

Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

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