| Playing the 'W' card ... |
Sarkozy, the candidate of the conservative governing Union for a Popular Movement, or UMP, also criticized the 35-hour week introduced by the last Socialist government in an attempt to create more jobs, in the interview with the Le Monde newspaper.
"France's moral crisis has a name _ it's a work crisis," Sarkozy said. Jobs are not created by "the sharing out of work," he said. "Work creates work."
| That's going to cause some teeth to itch throughout progressive camps ... |
The UMP is seeking to exploit apparent discord among the Socialists over their tax plans. Earlier this month, Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal publicly distanced herself from a pledge by party leader Francois Hollande, who is also her partner, to raise taxes for wealthier households. "The Socialists want to raise taxes. We want to reduce them," Sarkozy said. "This is one of the major debates of the presidential election."
| He could have borrowed that line straight out of 2000 and 2004. |