Hollande thinks Merkel boycott could backfire on Sarkozy!

In France the widespread European boycott being imposed by leaders from the right on the socialist candidate François Hollande is seen from the left as likely to backfire. A report this afternoon from Der Spiegel discusses that matter in detail and is linked here.

It is hard for this non-French resident of France to comprehend the incumbent's strategy unveiled in Toulon, of suggesting the sole course for French national survival is submergence by Germany, followed by signing the EU Fiscal Treaty or fiskalcompakt, designed to achieve just that!