With his over-familiarity, simplicity, and occasional vulgarity, Sarkozy undermined the dignity of his sacred function. This was not forgiven, and was judged more severely than the shortcomings of his presidential record, which was not significantly worse than that of his predecessors.
人们反对萨科奇的原因纷纭复杂，最重要的就是作风的问题。法国仍然存在着一种保皇主意，认为他们的政体中有许多选举君主的特点。萨科奇对此过于熟悉，认为这很简单而且偶尔还很粗俗，他破坏了此神圣职责的尊严。这是不可原谅的，而且这比他总统期间的缺点更起决定性作用，因为和前任的其他几位总统相比，他的缺点也不是很严重。