Frank Schnittger:

Sarkozy seems to be a key player here.  Anybody got any idea what he will do next?

As I explained here, Sarkozy cannot afford to publicly support Blair -- too many liabilities. But behind the scenes, who knows?

Still, my gut feeling is that Sarkozy just cannot accept to cede the European front scene to a charismatic person like Blair -- an obscure nobody from a small country would suit him admirably.

And Prince Jean has nothing to do with this: he was needed at the EPAD chair to keep a "safe" hand on the financial spigot: La Défense and the whole area West of Paris is the UMP's "Green Zone".