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Sarkozy wedding coming up?
06/01/2008 13:46 - (SA)
Paris - French President Nicolas
Sarkozy could marry Italian singer and former model Carla Bruni
early next month, a French newspaper reported on Sunday, citing
unnamed sources.
In a report widely picked up on French radio and television,
the weekly Journal du Dimanche said that Sarkozy had already
given Bruni a diamond engagement ring and received a watch from
the exclusive Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe in exchange.
"They are getting married! February 9?" the newspaper
headlined its front page over a photograph of Sarkozy and Bruni,
both in sunglasses, visiting the ancient site of Petra in Jordan
at the weekend.
It said the date of a wedding had been set for Friday, February 8 or more probably Saturday, February 9.
Sarkozy's office declined to comment.
The report coincided with the release of an opinion poll in
the daily Le Parisien, showing a seven point drop in Sarkozy's
approval ratings, mainly due to mounting concerns over the
economy but in part as well because his private life.
Stephane Rozes, director general of the CSA polling
institute which carried out the survey, told Le Parisien that
older voters in particular appeared to have been turned off by
coverage of Sarkozy's private life.
"The heavy media exposure of the president's personal life,
affecting the function of the president, clearly offends
traditional sections of government supporters," he said. "The
fall among older people, who we know are attached to traditional
values, is significant from this point of view."
The couple, who met at a party in November, just weeks after
Sarkozy divorced his second wife Cecilia, have dominated
coverage in French media with magazines lavishing extensive
colour spreads on their visits to Disneyland Paris and Egypt.
Following a visit to Egypt last month, during which Sarkozy
was criticised for using a private jet belonging to one of
France's most influential businessmen, they visited Jordan at
the weekend, at the invitation of Jordan's King Abdullah.
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