Sarkozy: US cannot run the world alone

FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday warned the US that it cannot “run the world alone” as he warmed up for a summit last night with Barack Obama by echoing Franco-American spats of the past.

Delivering some self-styled “home truths” to his hosts, Sarkozy used a visit to New York to query the dollar’s dominance and push for a tightening of economic regulations.

Saying “there is no single country in the 21st century that can run the world alone,” he urged the US to join Europe in “inventing the rules for the economy of tomorrow.”