Nicolas Sarkozy appears to be asleep. Perhaps that should not be surprising. As the head of the governing party, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), number two in the government and would-be presidential candidate, he has a hectic schedule, and is resting aboard a flight in America between visits to Brussels and London. But Mr Sarkozy's public image is one of such frenetic activity that it comes as a shock to discover even he can come to a standstill.
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