The book promises to be a sales success, it has also been printed at 150,000 copies. Nicolas Sarkozy released a new book Thursday, entitled Passions . The former head of state delivers his personal and especially political memories, over a period ending May 6, 2007, his arrival at the Elysee.
Jacques Chirac recurring character
"It's the desire to win the trust, and even the love of the French, which has always been at the heart of my commitment," writes Nicolas Sarkozy. The former president recounts his rise since his first meeting in 1975. There he meets Jacques Chirac, a recurring character in the book.
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Nicolas Sarkozy tells a relationship between admiration and episodes of absolute detestation and recognizes feelings "ambivalent" against the former President of the Republic, which reserved a "deep and tenacious grudge", he writes, since his campaign presidential election alongside Edouard Balladur in 1995.
A tackle in Holland ... and on the right
If he speaks at length about his predecessor, his successors are also entitled to a few lines. Nicolas Sarkozy thus shows kindness with Emmanuel Macron, but the tone changes when he evokes Francois Hollande, whom he denounces "brutality."
A book "without acrimony or meanness" promises Nicolas Sarkozy, but murderous sentences are well and truly disseminated. François Fillon? "He was punished by where he had sinned." Dominique de Villepin? "Perched". Jean-François Cope? He has a "propensity to arouse antipathy".
Nicolas Sarkozy also reminds the right that it takes "the gathering", denouncing the chapels erected by Valerie Pécresse, Xavier Bertrand and Bruno Retailleau. And he is not very optimistic: "on arrival, I fear that everyone will be disappointed," he slice.