A quote from The Daily Mail, 29 February 2008

You can get away with a lot as President of the French Republic. […] But one thing is absolutely out of the question. You cannot make the entire nation feel foolish. And yet that is how millions of French voters feel […] Already [Nicolas Sarkozy’s] behaviour has become so unpredictable that one Spanish newspaper has described the French President as "sick", while the media coverage at home has accused Sarkozy of "turning the country into a magnificent toy for a child" or of "staging Desperate Housewives at the Elysee Palace". […] [Sarkozy’s] characteristically impulsive behaviour confirmed [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel’s low opinion of the President, whom she considers to be disrespectful, overfamiliar, hyperactive and boastful. When she heard about his passion for Carla Bruni she even nicknamed him "President Duracell", after the long-life battery.