Jean-Paul Delevoye, France's mediateur DE la republique, a sort of national ombudsman, made front-page news in February by declaring that French society was "psychologically exhausted".

Jean - Paul Delevoye是法国的mediateur de la republique，一个类似调查官员舞弊的官职。他最近因断言法国社会已经“心理疲惫”而登上了二月份报纸的头版。

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Herve Cannet in La Nouvelle Republique says the party "now seems to be split in two".

BBC: French papers unimpressed by UMP leadership "chaos"

La Republique, normally the iron-masked protector of its businesses from foreign hands, has been--relatively--peaceable about the whole affair.

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"Quite obviously, the confusion which has set in will only increase 'Sarkozy nostalgia', " says Jacques Camus in La Republique du Centre.

BBC: French papers unimpressed by UMP leadership "chaos"