Nicolas Sarkozy: I may have no choice but to save France from Socialists Gen De Gaulle was consumed by a sense of duty for his homeland, regularly sacrificing personal ambitions for the good of his nation. But the diminutive Mr Sarkozy has never been viewed with anything like the same reverence as De Gaulle, a towering figure of 6ft 4ins who dominated post-war Europe. Not only is Mr Sarkozy facing a number of corruption enquiries which could eventually see him jailed, but he is deeply unpopular among huge sections of French society. Mr Sarkozy and his third wife, the former supermodel Carla Bruni, currently live in central Paris with their daughter Giulia, 17 months. This has made his claim that he now takes "my daughter to school" sound an unlikely one. The Sarkozys' home was raided by anti-corruption police last year in connection with the so-called Bettencourt Affair. This has seen key Sarkozy lieutenants accused of accepting envelopes full of cash from Liliane Bettencourt, the I'Oreal heiress and France's richest women, in return for future tax breaks. Mr Sarkozy has denied any wrong doing, but has been made a "material witness" in a criminal enquiry into the scandal. Other accusations include claims that he accepted millions of pounds worth of illegal cash from former Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi. Mr Sarkozy lost his presidential immunity from prosecution when beaten by Socialist Francois Hollande in elections last May. Mr Hollande is himself now a deeply unpopular president, and is being held responsible for the economic recession blighting the country.