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 ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.

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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