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Nicolas Sarkozy is a different kind of French President - populist, flamboyant, some critics even say vulgar.

Laurent Joffrin, former editor-in-chief of Liberation said his taste in sunglasses and watches has made him look like a character from hit US mafia TV show The Sopranos.

He came to office on a wave of popular support, and his marriage to supermodel Carla Bruni catapulted both of them to global celebrity, but four years on many of his reforms have ground to a halt, his poll ratings have taken a battering, and France has seen the worst riots in a generation.

Emily Maitlis travelled to Paris to find out why the French have fallen out of love with the man they nicknamed President Bling-Bling.