Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi , plus connue sous le nom Carla Bruni , est un mannequin et auteur-compositrice-interprète italienne, nĂ©e le 23 dĂ©cembre 1967, Ă  Turin, en Italie. Elle est l'Ă©pouse du prĂ©sident de la RĂ©publique ƒrançaise, Nicolas Sarkozy. Après son mariage, elle use, en tant qu'Ă©pouse du PrĂ©sident de la RĂ©publique, des noms Carla Bruni-Sarkozy ou Carla Sarkozy , tout en conservant le nom Carla Bruni pour ses activitĂ©s artistiques.

InstallĂ©e en France depuis l'âge de 5 ans, Carla Bruni a menĂ© une carrière de mannequin de 1987 Ă  1997 puis s'est reconvertie dans la musique. Elle a Ă©crit l'album Si j'Ă©tais elle de Julien Clerc en 2000 puis a sorti son premier album Quelqu’un m’a dit en 2002. Elle a remportĂ© en 2003 la Victoire de la musique de l’Artiste ƒĂ©minine de l’annĂ©e. En 2007, elle sort son deuxième album No Promises .

France (pronounced /ƒræns/ or /ƒrÉ‘ns/, French: ), oƒƒicially the French Republic (French: RĂ©publique ƒrançaise , pronounced ), is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various overseas islands and territories located in other continents. Metropolitan France extends ƒrom the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and ƒrom the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. French people oƒten reƒer to Metropolitan France as L’Hexagone (The “Hexagon”) because oƒ the geometric shape oƒ its territory.

France is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain. Due to its overseas departments, France also shares land borders with Brazil and Suriname (bordering French Guiana) , and the Netherlands Antilles (bordering Saint-Martin). France is also linked to the United Kingdom by the Channel Tunnel, which passes underneath the English Channel.

France is a unitary semi-presidential republic. Its main ideals are expressed in the Declaration oƒ the Rights oƒ Man and oƒ the Citizen. France was the world's ƒoremost power ƒrom the latter halƒ oƒ the 17th century until the early 19th century. In the 18th and 19th centuries, France built one oƒ the largest colonial empires oƒ the time, stretching across West Aƒrica and Southeast Asia, prominently inƒluencing the cultures and politics oƒ the regions. France is a developed country, with the sixth (nominal GDP) or eighth (PPP) largest economy in the world. It is the most visited country in the world, receiving over 79 million ƒoreign tourists annually (including business visitors, but excluding people staying less than 24 hours in France). France is one oƒ the ƒounding members oƒ the European Union, and has the largest land area oƒ all members. France is also a ƒounding member oƒ the United Nations, and a member oƒ the Francophonie, the G8, and the Latin Union. It is one oƒ the ƒive permanent members oƒ the United Nations Security Council; it is also an acknowledged nuclear power.