Answer Monsieur le President when he’s speaking to you!
Here’s an end-of-the-workday treat for you: Nicolas Sarkozy acting like a jerk for a change. The brand-new EU president was preparing for an interview on French TV last night and had some words for a sound technician who failed to return his "bonjour." Facing widespread public protests throughout France, Sarkozy seemed to read it as ...
Here's an end-of-the-workday treat for you: Nicolas Sarkozy acting like a jerk for a change.
Here’s an end-of-the-workday treat for you: Nicolas Sarkozy acting like a jerk for a change.
The brand-new EU president was preparing for an interview on French TV last night and had some words for a sound technician who failed to return his "bonjour." Facing widespread public protests throughout France, Sarkozy seemed to read it as a politically motivated snub. Here’s a translation provided by the Guardian:
When you’re invited on, you are entitled to have people say hello to you, or you’re not on in the public sector," he growls. "It’s all demonstrators here … It’s incredible … And serious. That will change."
The EU just got a whole lot classier.
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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