A quote from Expatica, 4 October 2007

President Nicolas Sarkozy faced growing unease inside his ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party Wednesday over rumours that he intends to invite more opposition Socialists into the government.

The president has made no secret of his intention to continue the policy of "openness" which has already brought several leading left-wingers into the cabinet – most notably Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. But rumours that the next phase could introduce such emblematic figures as former culture minister Jack Lang and Socialist Party (PS) spokesman Julien Dray have prompted a rare outburst of rebellion from UMP deputies. […]

But speaking Tuesday on a visit outside Paris with Martin Hirsch, a prominent left-winger who is the cabinet's High Commissioner for Solidarity against Poverty, Sarkozy said he planned to keep as wide a government as possible. “I am always looking out for new talents... A head of state is someone who brings together, who holds out his hands, opens his arms. Sectarianism and clannishness are not part of my spirit. Do not count on me to head a UMP state,” he said.