Sarkozy also feels his position slipping or at least fears it, thus prompting an attack on a weak target to shore up his position. So the Visegrád group is not attacked because it is strong, but because it is weak.
Must be his short-man complex. En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como Espańa entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
On the domestic front, at last, he has now learned his lesson and is controlling the message thanks to: