This is not to say that all appeals to religion are just cynical election ploys. Especially in the face of the financial crisis, religion has been presented as a source for what Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called the project of “moralizing capitalism.”
这并不是说所有对于宗教的回归都只是玩世不恭的竞选手段。特别在金融危机发生后，宗教正像萨科奇和德国总理安格拉·默克尔所说，被人们当成了实现“道德化资本主义”目标的一种武器。