French President Nicolas Sarkozy along with wife Bruni in India on holiday.

[Guli Danda]

French President Nicholas Sarkozy's forthcoming December visit to India is likely to be much play and little work. As of now it is not being billed as a state visit. It is primarily a vacation. Having had a trying time at home in recent weeks, pushing through his pension reform plan in the teeth
of furious street protests, and having taken up chairmanship of the G-20 on Friday, Sarkozy seems to have planned a romantic — if short — break in India with his wife, Carla Bruni, before he gets busy working with the International Monetary Fund on currency reforms.

Sarkozy and Bruni will arrive in Bangalore on December 4 and reach Agra the same evening. A visit to the Taj Mahal — perhaps a moonlit outing — is right on top of their places-to-visit list. They will stay overnight at the city's Amarvilas hotel. A trip to Fatehpur Sikri is also on the agenda.

"As of now, this is the plan. But in the past, his itinerary has changed at the last moment," cautioned a government official.

The President is expected to reach Delhi on December 5, attend events the next day and then move to Mumbai on December 7.

 

[SpArK]

Just for holiday?/

Thats too bad. we were expecting a state visit.

 

[Vimana1]

Hasen't he come once b4 with his wife to India already? I heard his marriage was in trouble also and his leadership rating in France is at a all time low he had some kinda vendetta on innocent romany gypsy people and EU human rights got involved after.