Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni gives birth to girl

Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has given birth to a girl at a Paris clinic where crowds had gathered, local media say.


Witnesses said Mr Sarkozy arrived at the La Muette clinic several hours after the birth.
He had visited the clinic earlier in the day, but left to travel to Germany for talks on the eurozone debt crisis.
The Elysee Palace has said it will not make any announcement because the pregnancy is a private family matter.

Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy has a son from a previous relationship, and Mr Sarkozy has three sons from earlier marriages.

French media outlet Europe 1 said the girl was born at 20:00 (18:00 GMT) but gave no more details.
French news agency AFP said a member of the first lady's inner circle confirmed the birth, but added that no name had been made public.
'Adult choice' Italian-born Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy, the only serving French first lady to have given birth, has maintained a low profile while pregnant, appearing only rarely in public.

She told Le Parisien newspaper earlier that she would never make photographs of the child public because "exposure to public life is an adult choice".