TIMES ONLINE: Carla Bruni, the wife of Nicolas Sarkozy, hopes that he will decide not to run in 2012 for a second term because she fears for his health under the pressure of the job, she said in an interview released today.
Ms Bruni, 42, also said that she despised media which this month published unsubstantiated rumours about the state of her marriage with the French President.
The singer-supermodel said that the "media-political world" was brutal towards Mr Sarkozy, 55. "The balance, happiness and health of my man are serious subjects. I am going through this moment of life with a lot of worry.
Asked if she wanted Mr Sarkozy to run for the next presidential election, in April 2012, she said: "As a wife, I don't really want him to. Perhaps I am afraid he will let his health go. Perhaps I wish to live what time we have left in some peace?"
Mr Sarkozy is gong through a stressful period in mid-term, especially since voters expressed their displeasure with his administration by routing his Union for a Popular Movement in national regional council elections this month. The cover of today's Le Point, a leading news magazine, was devoted to "The Tragedy of Sarkozy". His only sign of poor health so far came last summer when he fainted after jogging.
Interviewed by Madame Figaro magazine, Ms Bruni, who married the President in 2008, two months after meeting him, spoke of her loathing for newspapers that published internet gossip suggesting that both she and her husband were being unfaithful. "I despise so-called journalists who use blogs as a credible source. I despise rumours that come from an Internet blog signed 'Mickey Mouse' or 'Superman'," she added. Read on and comment >>> Charles Bremner, Paris | Thursday, March 25, 2010
GALA.fr: Son mari, sa bataille : Dans une interview au Figaro Magazine, Carla-Bruni Sarkozy fait un voeu pour 2012: pas de second mandat pour son mari. Parce que, travailler plus, c'est parfois vivre moins bien. >>> J.-F.T. | Jeudi 25 Mars 2010
