Well, if by "American" you mean the modern development of nepotism in politics, then sure. It seemed like only yesterday that the police were taking DNA samples to track down evidence for his stolen scooter. Naturally they would have done the same for anyone. Or was that the time he was involved in an alleged hit-and-run with his scooter yet was never pursued? Getting nominated to run the Paris business district by a kid who never worked a day in his life is pretty routine stuff as well.
Despite a lack of political experience, and the fact that he's still only a second-year university student, the ruthlessly ambitious Jean Sarkozy now heads the rightwing majority on the regional council, presiding over some politicians old enough to be his grandparents, many of whom are his parents' friends.
But this week, the French political class rose up in fury at what it deemed the last straw in the "Sarkozy royal family" saga. Sarkozy Junior, before even finishing his degree, is in line for election to head the powerful public body running Paris's La Defense, Europe's biggest purpose-built business district.
