A similar thought crossed my mind. Hopefully Sarkozy has a Realpolitikal backbone behind his bipartisanship, instead of just letting “bipartisanship” mean, that conservatives take it in the shorts from the Left, despite the fact that the political Right held nominal power.
He is doing what he said he would do.
He picked Kouchner and Besson because they agree with his policies, and the Socialist Party doesn’t.
After Kouchner refused to condemn the taking out of Saddam and the liberation of the Iraqi people, he was a dead man in the PS. They didn’t dare throw him out because of his enormous popularity and respoect, but he had no future there.
Sarko knows you can’t win ot govern just preaching to the Choir. He is the President of all the French now.
Obviously his cabinet choices are madxe in anticipation of the June elections. He NEEDS a majority.