Even the President of France has his own insecurities...

Flashback... April 2009...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1166637/Has-Carla-Bruni-turned-shy-French-First-Lady-dodges-kiss-Barack-Obama.html

March 2010...

'The 5ft5ins French president Nicolas Sarkozy had a custom-built lectern especially flown to America so that he would not look too small when delivering a keynote speech.
Aides made sure that the wooden stand was packed into his official plane which arrived in New York from Paris on Sunday.'

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1262300/Sarkozys-insecurities-5ft5in-French-president-brings-custom-built-lectern-America-wont-look-petite.html

September 2009...

'The French media have also previously noted the propensity of Mr Sarkozy's wife, the former model Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, to don flat shoes when in the presence of her husband.'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8243486.stm

Much ado about nothing?

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