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Before being a politician, several times minister, several times MP, François Baroin was a journalist at Europe 1. It is in the former premises of the station, rue François 1er in Paris, that the current mayor of Troyes has met Eugene Saccomano. The day after the death of this legendary voice of the commentary sport, François Baroin tells Europe 1 his memories of "Sacco".
The president of the Association of Mayors of France keeps "a very strong memory" of Eugene Saccomano. "I arrived, I was a young reporter, he was at the bottom of the redac with this open space street François I. He jumped like a devil from his office," smiles François Baroin, who tells his first meeting with "Sacco": "He said to me 'but who are you?' I answer that I'm going to do the flash, he says 'never forget, when there's a draw 0-0, you never say zero everywhere' ", he laughs.
"For Saccomano, everything was north of Marseille"
And then one day, François Baroin left Europe 1 to attack the mayor of Troyes (which he has held since 1995). "I remember when I told him that I was going to play politics, he said to me 'you go where? In the Aube! Oh there, it's the ugliest corner of France: the great plains, the night falls in a big crash at 5 pm during the winter.You'll get pissed off '", still has fun, years later, François Baroin. "It must be said that for Saccomano, everything was north of Marseille.As soon as we went beyond the northern neighborhoods, L'Estaque, it was cold."
"He was generous, kind, sensitive, he had an incredible culture, he was a great personality, and he really impressed me," said the former deputy from Aube. "He had a universal culture, a literary culture, he was passionate about Celine, he was passionate about great writers, he was a rugged southern man, a warm personality, he gave advice, he shouted, but it was always benevolent, nice gentle, "he concludes.