Often criticised for his comments about women, Berlusconi has again come in for critcism for comments made during a press converence with the French President Sarkozy. According to some reports, during the press conference he turned to the French President and said “I have given you your woman”. This was a reference to the French Presdient’s Italian wife. Berlusconi’s office denied that he had said this. He had in fact said: “You know that I studied at the Sorbonne”.