State Visit from France to Spain: April 27-29, 2009


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Sarkozy will do a Visit of State to Spain at the end of April

The president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, will do a Visit of State to Spain at the end of next April, which will make coincide with the annual summit between both countries, in the one that as innovation, will discuss a mechanism unified of cooperation in the fight against the organized crime.

The ambassador of France in Spain, Bruno Delaye, has confirmed the visit of Sarkozy in a meeting with journalists in his residence in Madrid.

Sarkozy hará una visita de Estado a España a finales de abril
 
official information from casareal.es: 27-29 april

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activities will include a lunch (with the prince and princess), a visit to the prado museum (king, queen, the president and his wife), a gala dinner (with the prince and princess) and a visit to the reina sofia museum (only the queen and carla bruni).
 
LA VISITA DE ESTADO QUE TODOS ESPERAN DEL PRESIDENTE Y LA PRIMERA DAMA DE FRANCIA

Sarkozy and Carla are on the way. The mass media are having two field days ahead, like Christmas and Easter together on one day. It was the same when they came to Britain, Carla-mania broke out in the papers despite the monarch being 82 at that time and no young princess around. It's easy to sparkle if you are a former top model with the world famous home country designers at your feet.

What I find way more interesting than who is wearing what or who looks better than who is how Sarkozy will deal with the height differences (stay away from Felipe at photoshoots!!!) - neither wearing his specially designed platforms or high heels nor standing on his toes will work this time. I guess Sarkozy has already nightmares about Letizia showing up in her double platforms what will leave him as the smallest person in the group.
 
I guess Sarkozy has already nightmares about Letizia showing up in her double platforms what will leave him as the smallest person in the group.
:ROFLMAO: Can't wait to see that....

With the "Zapatero affair" i don't think the spirit of this visit will be particulary friendly....
 
The press is mad, and the worse thing is that they report very badly and commit many mistakes. The Government has granted the Necklace of the Order of Carlos III to Sarkozy, to Carla the Great Cross that has a minor range. And another mistake that the journalists repeat, the wife of the President of the Government is only the wife of the President of the Government, is not the First Lady. The First Lady is the wife of the Chief of the State, and in Spain there are no the first ladies. The first lady is the Queen.
 
The press is mad, and the worse thing is that they report very badly and commit many mistakes.

This may be because Sarkozy, unlike many of his European Counterparts, is no purely ceremonial figurehead but actually quite powerful as he shares responsibilities with the Prime Minister, Mr Fillon (ever heard of him? :)), who would be Zapatero's counterpart.

We could already see in the coverage of the G20 that the media got confused with the fact that Heads of State (Obama, Sarkozy) attended next to Prime Ministers etc (Berlusconi, Merkel, Brown). They kept referring to Sarah Brown as "First Lady" what in fact she isn't, as you say lula, the wife of the Prime Minister is the wife of the Prime Minister, nothing more, it is the wife of an elected (male) the Head of State who bears the title First Lady, in Carla's case "Premiere Dame".
 
actually, carla's title is not "first lady" either. the french constitution doesn't recognize the role of the "first lady", and therefore there's no such figure. her title is simply the wife of the head of state, or mrs. sarkozy.

there was much debate on whether sarkozy actually said zapatero looked silly or not. i remember them saying he was actually referring to himself.

some info on their condecorations of the order of carlos III. http://www.antena3noticias.com/Port...arlos-III-Nicolas-Sarkozy-Carla-Bruni/5720582
http://www.publico.es/espana/221264/gobierno/concede/collar/carlos/iii/nicolas/sarkozy/carla/bruni
 
I am very excited with this State Visit. Spain is the the country which loves to receive it! I hope to see Letizia with a different tiara, since in the three last she used the same.

It's a pity Carla Bruni with not have any activit along Letizia (like visiting museum), the both would look great together. I do not want to see Mrs. Sarkozy overshadowing Princess Letizia!

And I truly hope height won't be a problem... (which is difficult having Felipe on it)
 
It's a pity Carla Bruni with not have any activit along Letizia (like visiting museum), the both would look great together. I do not want to see Mrs. Sarkozy overshadowing Princess Letizia!

Carla Bruni's equal is Queen Sofia (wife of the Head of State) therefore both women share activities during the State Visit. Not being overshadowed by Mrs Sarkozy is pretty difficult anyway and any visible effort from Letizia's side would just make her look stupid and send out a wrong message. My guess is that she won't even try and the whole thing will be pretty low key from the Spanish "glam" side because any obvious "competition" takes away the focus off the State Visit itself (still difficult enough to keep it there, even without "competition").
 
The Sarkozy arrive to Barajas airport

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Welcome ceremony at Pardo Palace

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Lunch in Zarzuela Palace

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I like her dress, but I personally think her blouse makes the outfit look cheap. (I'm not saying the blouse is cheap though. ;) )
 

i like a lot carla's outfit, it's really very elegant, for me the white blouse add a touch of creativity to the very classic balck dress
her hairdo is simple and classy, and her make-up as always is very refined
for the moment she makes a "sans faute"
 
All ladies look SO beautiful and elegant! They all seem to be happy and contented with each other.

Very nice pictures, by the way. I wish this state visit could last for a few more days :flowers:
 
I have devoured all the pictures and video, thanking you very much for it.
 
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