Sarkozy on Obama -- and Zapatero -- and Merkel ...

What does President Sarkozy of France really think of President Obama? He's "very clever, very charismatic, but not always up to standard on decision-making." Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero: "Perhaps not very clever." German chancellor Angela Merkel: "She took a while to understand the seriousness of the crisis facing her country's banks and car industry, but when she did, she had no choice but to come round to my position."

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