Carla Bruni (AP Photo/LaPresse)
PARIS – France’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is being coy about whether her husband will stand in next year’s presidential election, telling a French magazine “I don’t know if my husband will run.”
The 43-year-old expectant mother also tells Madame Figaro in a magazine interview to be published this weekend that she receives a lot of help as Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife, and doesn’t see why having a baby will keep her from her working.
In comments made available to reporters Thursday, the former-supermodel-turned-singer said: “I don’t have a hard life, don’t have to take maternity leave, or take public transportation at 6 a.m. like 90 percent of my compatriots.”
Italian-born Bruni-Sarkozy is expected to give birth sometime after Oct. 1. The child will be the first baby born to a sitting president in modern French history. The couple have generally kept quiet about the pregnancy.
A spokeswoman for the Elysee Palace said Thursday that Sarkozy has not recently specified when he will announce his plans. French political observers widely expect him to seek a second term.
Sarkozy, who has low ratings in opinion polls, has said in the past he would decide during “the autumn of 2011″ whether or not to run again.
29 September 2011 | 19:06 Viewed 671 times
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