Le Presidente Francaise (shut up, elementary French was 9 years ago) Nicolas Sarkozy is a very lucky man. He's sort of like the French James Bond: he's suave, a little cocky, and is boning a (NWS) model.

Unfortunately, Sarkozy doesn't seem to have the, how do you say, "International politics" of 007. As evidenced by the fact that he still thinks Barack Obama beat out Hillary Clinton for the Presidential race. I mean he did, but that was months ago:

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"The French magazine l'Express is likely to sell out quicker than hot croissants in Paris today. That's because it rushed its latest issue to newsstands one day early headlined by an exclusive interview with Carla Bruni — the first given to the press by the new first lady since her marriage to French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The magazine's editor in chief, Christophe Barbier, conducted the interview, but has kept a tight lid on its contents." This, from a land where 89 percent of the people consider the relationship a private matter, and are said not to care about such trivial gossip. [WWD, A-R]

The romance and, as of last Saturday, marriage of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and model-singer Carla Bruni has bored the French to death. "DO NOT WANT!" we are told they scream, put off by the tabloid coverage, or Sarkozy's willingness to open his life up as if the tabloids care.

But somebody must care. How else to explain the rushed delivery of two Bruni biographies, which hit bookstores yesterday, with a third one coming out Feb. 14? And: How else to explain the free publicity that airline Ryanair hoped to get out of the couple, by using a photo of them in an advertisement without their permission, only to have to pay nearly $90,000 in damages?

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his GF Carla Bruni were the subject of a fawning profile in the Sunday Styles this weekend. But it turns out, the two might also be worthy of a vows video feature. French papers are reporting that the two may have married at Elysee palace last week.

Some may say the fact that the French paparazzi care about the possible marriage of their president while our paparazzi care about the very real mental deterioration of a former teen idol makes them better than us. But we think we're just more honest.