The French president’s girlfriend just appeared in an ad for an Italian car company and now she’s featured in a two-page spread in a Spanish men’s magazine wearing nothing but black leather boots and diamond ring. It’s all prompting a frosty reaction in France.

The latest escapade in the Sarko-Bruni affair will do little to promote the French president’s “Return to Seriousness” campaign. The hyperactive president — who loves nothing better than to surprise his friends and enemies alike and has of late best been known for his public displays of affection with a certain former supermodel — has once again seen his efforts to be taken seriously as a politician vaporize.

Sarko’s glamorous girlfriend Carla Bruni, 39, has stripped for a spread in the Spanish men’s magazine DT and allowed herself to be photographed in come-hither poses. But while a photo shoot like that may be routine for a top model, it could escalate into a national scandal for the woman apparently posed to become France’s next first lady.

[1] Full story (Spiegel)
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[2] Carla Bruni naked photographs published (Telegraph)
[3] The day Carla Bruni opened the door to me topless (Daily Mail)
[4] French rap media over exhaustive Sarkozy coverage (Reuters)

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