Socionomics in one picture

First the headline from Yahoo; Sarkozy's comeback hopes crumble, polls show

French President Nicolas Sarkozy defended his economic record on Friday as a slew of opinion polls suggested his prospects of re-election were crumbling just over a week from round one of a vote where Socialist Francois Hollande is the clear frontrunner.

And to understand why this story appears now and was expected by anyone following the French market: