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The relationship between France and the U.S. has always had its ups and downs. But through it all, one thing has remained the same: Their politics have always seemed entirely different — different processes, different issues, different coalitions, different ideas.

Now, something new is happening: French and American politics are beginning to reflect one another.

This is weird.

Take, for example, Nicolas Sarkozy's recent climate change comments. The former French president, who is running once again, recently opined in the French media that "man is not the only one to blame for climate change." This was a strange statement for him, given that, as president, he kept using the environment to triangulate the left.

But it's made even more strange by the fact that calling into question the consensus around the causes of climate change, even mildly, has simply never been a "thing" in French polit