Indeed, few informed observers doubt that Sarkozy’s chief foreign policy adviser, Jean-David Levitte, has far more influence than France’s foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner. Likewise, on matters of domestic policy, the interior minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, has nothing close to the agenda-setting power of Claude Guéant, Sarkozy’s longtime aide and director-general of the President’s office.
的确，很少有消息灵通的观察家会怀疑萨科奇的首席外交政策顾问让·大卫·列维特比起法国的外交部长贝尔纳·库什内更具影响力。同样，在对内政策方面，内政部长米谢勒·阿利奥－马里的议程设定权也无法和萨科奇的长期助手、总统办公室主任克劳德·古林相提并论。