President Sarkozy at the G8

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We know that President Nicolas Sarkozy doesn’t drink alcohol because he said he is “too busy” (even if we caught him having a glass of Sancerre on the campaign trail). Even Reuters has a story lamenting the fact.

So what are we to make of this video then of a press conference immediately after Sarkozy had a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, also a teetotaler? As the newsreader mentions in his lead, “apparently they only drank water together.”

One Response to “President Sarkozy at the G8”


  1. [...] We know international summits are tough. They’ve been known to make a teetotaler go weak in the neck as recently as, oh, last year. [...]

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