"You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out" - his 2001 warning that the good times would not last forever.

“只有在潮水退去时，你才会知道谁一直在裸泳”——他在2001年警告好景不常在。

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But if you spend enough time talking to ministers, EU commissioners and ambassadors in Brussels, you cannot escape the sense that, in private, Mr Sarkozy is seen as a rather ludicrous and tiresome man, forever announcing grand, impulsive plans, ideally without any warning at press conferences, before leaving his colleagues to pick up the pieces.

ECONOMIST: European politics

But it would give a warning to investors in shares and houses that the good times cannot last forever.

ECONOMIST: American interest rates