The problem is that far too many of Sarkozy’s decisions have proved purely symbolic, like the ill-fated Mediterranean Union; badly conceived, such as judicial reform, which is opposed by virtually the entire legal profession; or nakedly self-serving, like the administrative reform, which somehow managed to abolish only those departments and regional administrations controlled by the opposition Socialists.
问题是太多萨科奇的决定已经被证明完全是象征性的，如同运气不佳的地中海联盟；或者构思拙劣，譬如说司法改革——它几乎遭到了整个司法界的反对；或者赤裸裸的自私，就象行政改革，它不过是力图取消那些由反对派社会党控制的部门和地区行政机构而已。