Sarkozy bounces back with new girlfriend

"I'm monogamous from time to time, but I prefer polygamy and polyandry (a woman with more than one husband)," Bruni told the Figaro Madame magazine in February.

"Love lasts a long time, but burning desire, two or three weeks," said Bruni, who could yet accompany Sarkozy to Rome later this month where he has an audience with Pope Benedict.

(Editing by Charles Dick)