Nepotism in France

[Mr. Wilhelm]

The Sarkozy dynasty was embroiled in another nepotism row today , after the French president's 23-year-old son Jean was tipped to head the public agency running Paris's La Défense , one of Europe's biggest business districts.

The young Sarkozy, who has not yet finished his university degree, is currently a local councillor in the wealthy Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, where his father rose to power 30 years ago. Dubbed "Prince Jean" by his critics, he has had a meteoric rise to power in his father's old fiefdom and currently leads the rightwing council majority in the Hauts-de-Seine, the richest department in France.

The powerful La Défense development agency, EPAD, was once run by Nicolas Sarkozy himself. The area – France's economic showcase – is planning an expansion it hopes will rival the City of London as a financial district and change the Paris skyline with daring architectural projects.

Sarkozy's son sparks nepotism row after being tipped for top public job | World news | guardian.co.uk

To be precised he is in second year at university, and failed each year at least once (supposedly failed the first year two time and the second year one time already).

Discuss.