Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, sends his regrets — but he is unable to meet Gordon Brown in Downing Street today as planned because of a longstanding engagement. With the President of Benin. Mr Sarkozy promised Mr Brown that he would visit London to calm fears that the City is about to be saddled with French-style regulation. But amid his gloating over the appointment of a Frenchmen to the key Brussels job overseeing financial reforms, his visit today has been abandoned. A spokesman for Mr Sarkozy cited “longstanding” engagements, including a meeting with President Dr Thomas Yayi Boni of Benin,...