French humor

From NY Times, Sarkozy Faces Labor and Marital Crises By ELAINE SCIOLINO On Thursday Mr. Sarkozy, the 52-year-old French leader, faced setbacks on two different domestic fronts: a wave of strikes that swept through France and an official announcement that his 11-year marriage had come to an end. Shortly after a presidential spokesman, David Martinon, told a hastily called news conference that he had absolutely no comment about his boss’s marriage, the Élysée palace dropped the bombshell that Mr. Sarkozy and his wife, Cécilia, “announce their separation by mutual consent.” The palace later clarified that the duo had divorced. Immediately after the news was broadcast on the radio and television, striking protesters in the port city of Le Havre shouted, “Cécilia, we are like you! We are fed up with Nicolas!”