The decision by Sarkozy to exit France would be sort of like this: Mitt Romney, that titan and elder statesman of American private equity, wins the presidential election.
He played football as a youngster on his home island of Mallorca, but basketball ability was in the family genes with both his parents players, while his elder sister Marta plied her trade in the American WNBA before also returning to Spain with her current club Salamanca.