Sarkozy fine now

The work-alcoholic French president Nicolas Sarkozy collapsed while jogging - raising the spectre of a slowdown in a French government machine that revolves entirely around him.

Mr Sarkozy has been told to eat more and reduce his frenetic work rate after doctors said exhaustion contributed to his collapse on Sunday.

While doctors insisted Mr Sarkozy had received a clean bill of health, a spokesman for the President's party said the collapse represented a "cardiac alert". An official statement said the collapse had been caused by a bout of dizziness sparked by a 45-minute run in hot weather "in a context of tiredness linked to a heavy workload".