(((Okay, it's not true "Carlamania," (yet) but the French are kinda warming up to Carla because they've realized that, even though she's an Italian supermodel, an artist, and a rockstar's girlfriend, she's much saner than their President is.)))
(((The odds are quite good that someday Carla Sarkozy will be
First Lady of Europe. And that's gonna be a really pretty interesting future version of Europe.)))
Link: Bloomberg.com:
Europe.
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``Carlamania'' hit the French press in earnest after she took the British media by storm during her late-March London visit with Sarkozy. She was photographed demurely curtsying to Queen Elizabeth and riding in a gilded, horse-drawn carriage with Prince Philip, drawing comparisons with Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana.
The Anti-Cecilia (((she's a model, but they like her better than the old model)))
``She showed she knows how to comply with the demands of etiquette, and in London she participated in all the events required by protocol, quite the opposite of Cecilia, who boycotted most official events,'' said Jerome Sainte-Marie, director of political studies at Paris-based pollster BVA.
"Sarkozy, 53, needs all the goodwill he can muster. (((Not really. He's not facing election and he's got commandoes and nuclear weapons.))) Almost a year after his election, his proposals to revamp France's economy, including 7 billion euros ($11.1 billion) in spending cuts, have met public resistance as prices rise at the fastest pace in at least 12 years and economic growth cools. His party suffered a drubbing by the opposition Socialists in local elections last month.
Meanwhile, Bruni made it onto the covers of Paris Match, Figaro magazine and L'Express, while Elle and Le Figaro published articles analyzing her style. The satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine now features a
Carla B.'' front-page diary in which the fake Carla refers to Sarkozy as herHyperactive Honey.''Power Couple
"L'Express, which dedicated its April 3 issue to the new ``Power Couple,'' said Bruni helps soften Sarkozy's manner, often criticized as hot-tempered and abrasive. She has made him a better listener, drawing his attention to the precarious conditions in which some people live, the weekly said.
"Sarkozy's approval rating rose by 2 percentage points in the past month, his first gain in popularity since November, a CSA poll for Le Parisien newspaper published on April 4 showed. The president is being helped by a
change in style,'' said Maigret, who is the author of a book on Sarkozy entitledThe Hyperpresident.''...
