Every year the publication carries out a journalistic investigation, chasing the presidential cortege and recording all of its traffic violations. This year its journalists reported that from August 28 to September 26 the president gravely exceeded the speed limit eight times and ignored red lights just as often.
What is more, the cortege crossed into oncoming traffic twice and occupied a bus lane once, not to mention multiple cases of ignoring road signs.
Indignation was also provoked by the cortege itself, which is considered to be too large even for a president. Every time the president is out, his Citroen C6 is accompanied by two to four cars and a number of motorcyclists.
"Is the president acting as a role model or as a king who ignores the rules?" the newspaper asks.
Sarkozy tops the chart of the country's VIP speed demons, closely followed by Jacques Chirac and Francois Mitterrand, also known for their negligence of traffic regulations.
His ministers also provoked the publication's ire. The country's Prime Minister Francois Fillon was caught speeding four times, ignoring red lights as many as 13 times, and driving into the oncoming lane four times.
Minister of the Environment Jean-Louis Borloo was called a role model for the country's political elite. He drives carefully and without an escort to minimize environmental damage.
