The latest issue of the U.S. glossy, featuring French First Lady Carla Bruni on the cover and in a detailed companion piece, continues to elicit howls of indignation in Europe. The Guardian sees President Nicolas Sarkozy’s decision to allow a commercial photo shoot of his “rock-chick wife” inside the Elysée Palace “for the first time in the history of the Republic” as “frivolous,” tacky, and indicative of his “contempt for democracy.”