Sarkozy should carry on as EU president

The French Presidency of the European Union came to an end on 31 December 2008, or did it? Although the formal six month term has ended - a term that saw the President of France transformed into a President of Europe - Nicolas Sarkozy shows a reluctance to lay down the baton. His role promoting a cease fire in Gaza is ambiguous. Is the initiative European or French?

To those who wondered whether the job of European President, as envisaged by the Lisbon treaty, would be simply a chairm...