If I was french I would be wondering if the man charged with running the country had his mind on the job. How he finds the time to keep this lady, who obviously has a short attention span, interested is beyond me.

Alex, London,

If that's a man-eater, how do I sign up as an entree?

Mitch, Boston, USA

As I can see from the article, Zarky is a chap who doesn't thinks seriously on 'self-improvement'.

This woman is not only 1 inch shorter the previous one. . .
She also has eleven years less of 'maturity' !!

oh. .zarky, zarky..
U'd think setting Urself higher goals !!

luis, BsAs, Arg

Perhaps there is something other than mere attraction that roused her interest...ehmm, maybe....power and fame ? Or is it far-fetched. Who knows....Carla, Carla, what were you doing still single and so beautiful at your age ? You found your man, at last, Sarkò... Sarkò who ? The French president ? Aaahhh, all right, got it.

Bob, Rome, Italy

Imagine Bill Clinton in that position.... Or Carla in the position of meeting Bill Clinton 10 years ago...

Dominique, Paris, France

There's a name for people like her!

Toni S Hargis, Chicago, USA

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Sure is - GORGEOUS !!
Lucky man.

Biff, Paris, France

tons of words and comments. .
but the best for me are the (supposed) sarki's mum ones:
"no problem with company but enough brides for me"

luis, BsAs, Argentina

Oh what fun
He is a bloke, she is a good looking woman.A bit of "nookie" is allowed .He is human after all.And in power which makes men attractive to females.

Is it really newsworthy.bet he is laughing at analBbrits falling fo this great bit of PR stunt.

D MCMgregor, Tunbridge Wells, UK

makes him a darn sight more interesting than Blair and from a different planet to Brown. best of luck Sarky, wish I was in your pygamas.

Jim Hatch, Acapulco, Mexico

You poor, embittered lot! Come on, give the guy a break. If not the French President, Sarkozy would have zero chance with a woman like her, but seeing as he's reached those lofty heights it makes women look at him in a different way. He's no longer a big nosed, rather dull looking fella, but instead he's the President of France! Power, money, influence - An intoxicating combination. I am sure that they both know the pitfalls of these relationships and maybe they are in it for the right reasons instead. Either way, they're having fun and (apparently) not hurting anyone so let them be. In the end, I'd rather have a President like him than that shabby old sack of a PM we've got lumbered with. Apparently his position in government somehow hasn't translated into him managing to lure some sultry 40 year old into a relationship with him, and he's ended up with the runner up Miss Frump 2007 instead.

Matthew, Epping,

I can't believe that journalists are fool enough to get trapped in this stupid PR trick. Just as the 5 day long Gaddafi visit had become a major embarrassment for the french president caught at his own game (the Lybian colonel is much better at dazzling naive journalists with female bodyguards, bedouin tent, etc.), Sarkozy pulls out the most obvious PR trick ever: appear in Disneyland (of all places, this is a political statement indeed) with a celebrity at his side. The fact that all the journalists employed by Sarkozy's best buddies who own the French press felt obliged to use front and back pages to this non news is no surprise, but why, oh why does the Time need to lower itself and report this PR stunt with such ridiculous gullibility?

Jon Jon, Tokyo,

Using French Presidency to pick up chicks - that’s a first timer. Something tells me it will not be the only one with this character.

Max, Wien, Austria

..."There's a name for people like her!" (Tony,Chicago,USA).

Yes, and its 'Attractive'...unlike some of the horrors you must have to put up with in the 'fattest' city in the USA.

mike, Rennes, France

Fair play to them, I'm sure they're both getting something from the relationship and she's nearly Naughty Forty, mmmm.

nige, Denby, UK

"These rich and powerful men who fall for women young enough to be their daughters are such fools that they cannot even see they are being used."

Sarkozy is not old enough to be Carla Bruni's father unless he became a father in his early teens!

Gemma, Paris, Paris

Just as long as Sarkozy stops her from singing, that's fine.

Louis, Paris, France

She's beautiful and can do what she likes because of this. Grace Kelly was never criticised (and lord knows she had a past!) so why should Carla? Good luck to her.

Ambrosia Sakkadas, Nicosia, Cyprus

some men find smart intelligent women fun to be with by the way she is nearly 40 and sexy

charles, melbourne, australia

These rich and powerful men who fall for women young enough to be their daughters are such fools that they cannot even see they are being used. Do they really believe these young women are attracted to them? Carla Bruni's record speaks for itself. She'll hook up with a man (usually older because they have more power and money), and when she's done with him and got out of him what she wants, moves onto the next sucker. These men may think they are the envy of other men because they are able to parade around displaying their latest "arm candy", but in fact they make themselves look pathetic. As for the women - is the the modern form of "high class" prostitution? Ironic they were first seen together at a Mickey Mouse parade!!!!!!

Alicat, Melbourne, Australia

There's a name for people like her!

Toni S Hargis, Chicago, USA