Sarkozy to tap Socialist as Foreign Minister

Bernard Kouchner is known as one of the founders of Doctors without Borders but also has extensive experience in foreign affairs. With so many people nervous about what they think may happen under a Sarkozy government, this is a pretty good start. Now the difficult internal politics of filling out the rest of his team and fulfilling his promise of delivering a cabinet that is divided equally between men and women. The Socialists missed an enormous opportunity during the Mitterrand years to build an all inclusive team of the future, instead offering the same old all-white, boys club with very few exceptions which was (and is) in striking contrast to the general population.

More to come, but a very positive sign during an otherwise tense period.