But Le Canard Enchainé reports that Sarkozy seemed genuinely furious with Fillon for raising the topic of education, so maybe I'm too cynical. Still, maybe they fed Le Canard that anger... In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
But I think Tsarko is pleased to have obtained at least a kind of benevolent neutrality from a significant share of teachers (remember how a number of them swung away from Royal after a video was released and greatly played in the media, showing Royal suggesting teachers might actually be asked to do their 35-hour week on school premises). The "social VAT" slip-up before the parliamentary elections is also probably on his mind.