Bruni-Sarkozy meets Dalai Lama

Sarkozy meets the Dalai Lama … not but yes but no but yes but no … but Carla Bruni-Sarkozy yes!
AFP
August 10, 2008
PARIS (AFP) — The Dalai Lama kicks off Tuesday an 11-day visit to
France that threatened to spark a crisis between Paris and Beijing,
until President Nicolas Sarkozy quashed speculation he would meet the
Tibetan spiritual leader.
Planned [...]

Sarkozy might boycott the opening ceremony!

Although France opposes a total boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has not ruled out a boycotting the official opening ceremony:
All options are open and I appeal to the Chinese leaders’ sense of responsibility.(…) I want a dialogue to start and I will step up my response according to the [...]