Sarkozy and Bruni, deeper and deeper

While most front pages in the French press are devoted to the latest developments in the Sarkozy/Bruni “rumours scandal”, Le Soiris asking questions about the way the presidential couple is attempting to quash the story of their alleged infidelities. “At the same time that the regional elections showed a country in disarray, the president was mobilising counter-intelligence services to investigate the source of malicious gossip that the French public could not care less about. Was that really the top priority? The fact that France is suffering is certainly not just a rumour”. Le Soir also alludes to the fact that the Journal du Dimanche – the newspaper whose website first broke the rumours – is now toeing the line, and that a preliminary investigation has already been opened on the issue. "What an impressive mobilisation of resources!" writes the Belgian daily. "Clearly, when it comes to his private life, Nicolas Sarkozy loses all sense of proportion".