The glamorous couple, the French Jack and Jackie, are finished.
President Sarkozy and his wife have officially separated, and most likely would have divorced formally if not for some quirks in French law that prohibit Monsieur le Presidente from engaging in judicial actions. As far as the world is concerned, the couple is no more, they are thoroughly split apart.
What a romance it was, two married people finding one another, divorcing their spouses and joining hands in a new marriage that was meant to last forever but only made it for eleven years. No one ever said it was easy to be be married to an up and coming, ambitious politician. The position of First Lady is not something to be entered by the faint of heart or the shunner of the public spotlight.
With transportation unions set to strike, Mr. Sarkozy has more to worry about than the fall-out of a second divorce. There was enough speculation during the campaign season, when Cecilia Sarkozy was rarely seen in public with her campaigning husband, and the word got out that she didn't even bother to vote for him in the second round of balloting. Today's announcement merely confirms what was rather apparent.
So that's over with, and now Mr. Sarkozy can focus his attentions on the striking workers, the dismal economy, economic reform, immigration problems....the list just goes on and on.
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