The Unbearable Presumptuousness of Right-Wing Elites

The NYT treated its readers to the French version of Le Grande Bargain, with a column by Sylvie Kauffman, the editorial director and former editor in chief of Le Monde. Ms. Kauffman's piece, "the unbearable lightness of Hollande," is devoted to the indecisiveness of the French president both in his policies and apparently in his personal life.

Her main complaint is:

"Perplexed by their president’s economic indecisiveness since he took office, the French now learn that he is equally indecisive...