Meanwhile, the French presidential hopeful, Nicolas Sarkozy, who was associating himself with Merkel and articulating a bold reform program, suddenly seems weak.
与此同时，法国最有希望的候选总统，与默克尔相提并论、积极鼓吹大胆改革计划的尼古拉斯·萨尔科齐，突然间似乎也销声匿迹了。