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[…] the president's inability to appoint a new head of government; months of reflection at the highest levels of government to devise the best scenario for remaining in power, despite the elections and the absence of a majority; an openly pro-business supply-side policy consisting of subsidies to businesses and tax credits; self-justifying speeches defending this line by proclaiming ‘we are not the government of the rich’ and ‘the best social policy is employment policy’; employers who applaud and demand ever more; plans to reform the Constitution to strengthen executive power; constant backroom intrigues; commentators who gossip about the president's mood, his latest cold or his most recent grumble (sneeze? political brilliance? major decision?) in search of an oracle and interpretation; […]