We all know that US made statistics are the most US centric ones in the World. Made by Americans with a limited knowledge of the real world, i.e. the rest of the world. But they can be used as indicators.
Forbes just issued its first ranking of the World’s 67 most powerful persons ( http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/11/worlds-most-powerful-leadership-power-09-people_land.html ). To prepare the ranking, they considered four points:
- “do they have influence over lots of other people ?
- do they control relatively large resources as compared with their peers ?
- are they powerful in multiple spheres ?
- do they actively use their power ?”
And poor Sarkozy must have had a fit: he is only 56th. Where is the Grandeur de la France gone ? Is Sarkozy so low because France lost its grandeur or is France that lost its grandeur due to Sarkozy ? Probably both.
He must be even more frustrated because Berlusconi, his rival, is 12th…This shows the weakness of the ranking since Berlusconi has literally no influence on the international scene. Even Forbes refers to “.Colorful private life, bribery allegations, Cabinet member picks have caused him to be depicted as Europe's buffoon. Unfazed: Calls himself "the Jesus Christ of Italian politics." But money wise, he is certainly first between the two. In the ranking, he precedes Angela Merkel, 15th. But she is far above Berlusca in terms of influence in the world.
Interesting enough, there is only a handful of women among the 67….another weakness in the ranking, but possibly also in the way the world is run. And, rightly so, all before Sarkozy.
Definitely, this is not a happy year for him.
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