Sarko: Love & Marriage

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February 2008
- Sarko's Love Life Now 3 Open Books
  
  Times (UK) | Feb 10, 08 9:51 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Ooh-la-la, that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has a certain je ne sais quoi when it comes to marrying beautiful women, n'est-ce pas ? But now his secret is out and his wife-wooing technique is carefully detailed in three new books rushed to print, reports the Times of London . More »
- Wedding Over, Time for Sarko to Woo French
  
  Times (UK) | Feb 4, 08 10:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The French breathed a collective sigh of relief after Nicolas Sarkozy's weekend wedding, hoping it allows the lovestruck president to move beyond the whirlwind romance that made his work suffer and his approval ratings plummet. But as Sarkozy goes back to work, the possible extent of his damage control remains to be seen, reports the Times of London. More »
- Sarkozy, Bruni Wed (Finally)
  
  Reuters | Feb 2, 08 8:36 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy has finally made an honest woman out of his supermodel-cum-singer girlfriend, Reuters says. The French president married Carla Bruni, 40, today at the Elysee Palace in a hush-hush ceremony atypical for the usually public couple. The mayor of a Paris district who officiated the nuptials said the bride was “ravishing,” adding, “the bridegroom wasn’t bad either.” More »
January 2008
- Bruni Greets Journo Topless
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Jan 25, 08 10:02 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Carla Bruni may have the press corps covering her fiancé—French President Nicolas Sarkozy—atwitter, but it can’t be said that the model keeps cards too close to her chest, reports the Daily Mail' s Simon Mills, whom Bruni recently greeted with these fittingly plain words: “Sorry for being topless.” The effect on the following interview, Mills writes, was “pure conversational Viagra.” More »
- Get a Receipt for Those Candlesticks
  
  Times (UK) | Jan 22, 08 7:52 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Carla Bruni has not yet become Mrs. Nicolas Sarkozy. In an interview with Liberation , the French president's ex-model girlfriend also made life easier for Indian officials by saying she won't accompany Sarkozy on his upcoming official trip there. Protocol-meisters in the conservative country, where unmarried couples are unusual, weren't sure how to treat the First Girlfriend. More »
- India Blushes Over Sarko, Bruni
  
  BBC | Jan 19, 08 1:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy’s ambiguous relationship with Carla Bruni has India up in arms over how to deal with the French president’s upcoming visit. Reports say Sarkozy and Bruni were secretly married recently, but Sakrozy won’t confirm or deny, leaving Indian officials to ponder what the protocol is for his maybe-girlfriend. Unmarried couples are largely considered scandalous in deeply conservative India. More »
- Sarko Secretly Weds Bruni
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jan 14, 08 2:49 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Capping off a whirlwind romance that's captivated gossip hounds on multiple continents, Nicolas Sarkozy secretly married new squeeze Carla Bruni on Thursday. The president's office neither confirmed nor denied the report, which originally appeared in the French newspaper L'Est Republicain, the Telegraph says, but Sarko told reporters last week they would probably hear about his wedding "when it has already happened." More »
- Bruni May Have What It Takes to Be First Lady
  
  New York Times | Jan 13, 08 8:22 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Former supermodel Carla Bruni may be catching some flack from critics who think she's distracting Nicolas Sarkozy from leading France, but those who would dismiss her as just a model don't have the whole story, writes the New York Times . The award-winning singer is intelligent, cultured—and strikingly similar to the last Mme. Sarkozy. More »
- Baby Sarko on Way? Rumor Mill's Abuzz
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Jan 12, 08 11:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Bloggers and tabloids in Europe are buzzing with rumors that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's fiancee is pregnant. According to the gossip mill, that's why he and Carli Bruni are getting hitched in February, a scant few months after launching their much ballyhooed love affair. A French website first reported the news, according to London's Daily Mail , although the item has since been pulled . More »
- Cécilia Sarkozy Loses Bid to Block Tell-All
  
  AFP | Jan 11, 08 10:08 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Paris civil court has refused to issue an injunction for Cécilia Sarkozy to block the publication of a new biography, reports the AFP. The tell-all quotes the ex-first lady as calling Nicolas Sarkozy a "sauteur"—a vulgar French word for a womanizer—and charging the "undignified" bachelor president with partaking in "karaoke parties until four in the morning." More »
- Sarko Secretly Hospitalized After Divorce
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Jan 9, 08 1:28 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - In the latest Sarko plotline, a new book reveals that the French president was hospitalized the day after announcing his divorce from wife Cécilia—and that sick and depressed, he called her from the hospital and she rushed to his bedside. The Daily Mail reports that Nicolas Sarkozy was taken to to a military hospital on October 21, suffering from high fever and a throat abscess. More »
- Sarko Hints at Marriage to Bruni
  
  AFP | Jan 8, 08 8:04 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy alluded to possible wedding bells with supermodel Carla Bruni today, telling a packed press conference that "There is a strong chance that you will learn about it once it's already been done." Calling the relationship "serious," he lashed out at critics who accused him of using his romance to distract from political troubles. More »
- Sarkozy: Relationship is serious
  
  CNN | Jan 8, 08
  
  PARIS, France (CNN) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday that his relationship with former supermodel Carla Bruni is a "serious matter," but he would not reveal a date for their wedding. Referring to his relationship with Bruni, Sarkozy said, "It's a serious matter, but the date won't be fixed today. It is serious. You will find out when it happens." Sarkozy spoke at a news conference two days after a French newspaper reported the couple planned to marry in February. Of marriage to Bruni, Sarkozy revealed, "I've thought a lot about this." Speculation about the Frenc
- Wedding Bells for Sarko, Bruni?
  
  Associated Press | Jan 6, 08 10:44 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy and very new girlfriend Carla Bruni may soon tie the knot, gushes French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, citing decidedly anonymous sources . Sarkozy reportedly gave the Italian supermodel/songstress a heart-shaped pink diamond ring and plans to wed her on February 8 or 9, writes the AP. Presidential spokesmen had no comment. More »
December 2007
- Sarko, New Squeeze Hit Egypt
  
  BBC | Dec 26, 07 9:58 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy has flown to Egypt, where the French president will meet with his counterpart Hosni Mubarak after spending a few days on the Nile with new girlfriend Carla Bruni. Paparazzi staked out the airport before the arrival of the divorcé and the supermodel-turned-singer, who flew in on a private jet owned by a French billionaire. More »
- Sarkozy Steps Out With Singer/Model
  
  AFP | Dec 17, 07 9:39 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Nicolas Sarkozy soap opera’s latest turn involves Mickey Mouse. The recently divorced French president strolled Disneyland with Italian pop singer Carla Bruni on Saturday, provoking a hail of gossip, AFP reports. The president’s office was officially mum, but one magazine editor said Bruni told him personally “that from now on, it would become an affair, a public love story.” More »
November 2007
- French Attempt Sarko-Free Day
  
  Guardian (UK) | Nov 30, 07 1:50 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy has earned his nickname of “omnipresident,” engineering his press coverage so deftly that a group of academics and journalists declared today “No-Sarko Day,” Jason Farago writes in the Guardian . The French president has spent the 6 months since he took office burnishing his image so well that the media have come down with a raging case of "Sarkozitis." More »
- TV Babe Helps Sarko Rebound
  
  Daily Mail (UK)