Minor nitpick: the Rue89 title might be better translated as: "This no 1930s, still no cause for relief either". (just trying to do a better job than Google:)

There's a general trend in the French right to undo the so-called "Conseil National de la Résistance" program, aka "French social model" post-WWII, as already discussed here, here, here and here. But many at the UMP are afraid of ceding ground to the FN and Le Pen junior. Sarkozy has been a net positive for them so far, but he's turning more and more into a liability: the closer we get to 2012, the more interesting it will get.

Of course basing one's political power over an electoral base of 65+ (70+ in 2012) is self-defeating in the medium term: today's fifty-something are no great Sarko fans (and they see their retirement date fly further away like a mirage in the desert).

Last remark: The left wins in 2012? DSK sure looks like a TINA guy, judging by what's coming out of the IMF...

Martine Aubry (Jacques Delors' daughter) may be better, but it's hard to tell.