Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of the French Republic, accompanied by José Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of Eurogroup and Jean-Claude Trichet, the President of the European Central Bank, will receive Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at the Élysée Palace at 15:30 on Sunday 12 October 2008.