We wondered about this. Saw a link in a few places to video of a supposedly drunk Nicolas Sarkozy. Surprising because Sarkozy is generally seen as having a rock-solid reputation as a teetotaller, and this in the context of considerable media focus on his messy personal life. So now --
A Belgian newscaster has apologised for suggesting French President Nicolas Sarkozy was drunk during a news conference at last week's G8 summit.
A clip of the incident, posted on the YouTube video website, has been watched hundreds of thousands of times.
It shows Mr Sarkozy, who insists he is a teetotaller, appearing short of breath and euphoric before reporters.
Belgian broadcaster RTBF said presenter Eric Boever asked the French embassy to convey his apologies to the president.
Boever presented footage from the opening moments of Mr Sarkozy's news conference following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the comment that "apparently he had more than just water to drink".
The meeting with Putin was the day before George Bush's mysterious G8 Friday morning illness episode -- during which his first visitor was Nicolas Sarkozy. Hopefully just a meangingless semi-coincidence, because the last thing the world needs is 2 un-dry dry drunks at the top.
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