Alexandre Benalla comes out of silence. The former bodyguard Emmanuel Macron confides in a book, " What they do not want me to say " (at Plon), available Thursday in bookstores. In this 280-page book, Alexandre Benalla reviews his visit to the head of state, and gives his version of events at the Place de la Contrescarpe. He took the opportunity, in passing, to settle accounts with some officials who, in his words, wanted to make it fall because of the reform of the security of the Elysee, on which he worked. Alexandre Benalla also reveals some tasty anecdotes. Europe 1 has selected four, from the good sheets published Wednesday by the magazine Le Point .
When Emmanuel Macron mistakenly activates an alarm while in the shower
Alexandre Benalla recounts when Emmanuel Macron accidentally activated an alarm while he was ... in the shower. An armed and helmeted team, immediately alerted, then appears before the private apartments of the Head of State. But Brigitte Macron, who does not understand the reasons for this agitation, refuses to let in the gendarmes. "After long talks, Brigitte lets the head of the unit pass the head in the opening of the door and see from afar the president, who reassures him with a sound 'All is well' " .
Exfiltration of Macron from the premises of Provence
Alexandre Benalla also returns to one of his feats of arms: the exfiltration of the candidate Macron of the premises of the regional daily La Provence , in Marseille, while he was surrounded by a hundred taxis who came to protest. "Emmanuel Macron goes first by the ladder and climbs on the roof, it started to rain, it slips in. I remain attentive, it should not fall now ... (...) Less than two minutes later , everyone is crammed into the cars that drive to the exhibition grounds Mission accomplished ".
The controversy of the bus of the team of France
The role of Alexandre Benalla has been criticized in another controversy: that of the bus of the team of France, the day after the title of world champion, July 16, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of spectators, massed along the Champs -Elysees, had only been able to see the Blues for a few minutes, the vehicle rushing to the Elysee. Alexandre Benalla denies having given the order to accelerate, and postpones the fault on the driver of the bus. "The driver presses hard on the accelerator a few times, I ask him to slow down, he releases a little pressure, then puts the gas back as soon as he can, this guy has to go to the dentist and he's afraid he'll be late, this flashpoint leaves behind frustrated supporters, "he says.
"The useful fuse of power"
Alexandre Benalla recounts the appeal to Ismaël Emelien, the former special adviser to the President, to inform him of his summons in the police premises, at 36 quai des Orfèvres, on July 20, 2018. He considers, bitter, to have was "the useful fuse of power". "Obviously, mistakes were made by me, that's for sure, but it still seems to have a wide back, and I'm far from being the only one responsible for this sinking. power, "he writes.