There were times when, while at the Elysee Palace, Nicolas Sarkozy seemed to regret not being his own Minister of the Interior. When he was in office, the President of the Republic did not hesitate to increase the number of trips and statements on a subject usually devolved on Beauvau. But don't tell him he's doing too much, he won't agree. "I should have gone further. I have not done enough," he hammered on Monday evening at TF1 news. "I was too impressed by a debate [which said] that the president had to stay at his level." In other words, let him rise above security issues.
"I only believe in verticality"
Invited for the promotion of his new book, Le Temps des tempêtes , which traces the first two years of his five-year term, Nicolas Sarkozy has therefore engaged in his security policy. "Security is the right of the weakest. It must be the business of the President of the Republic, it is essential." Unsurprisingly, the man on the right praised the authority value. "Today, the fashion is to talk about horizontality, I only believe in verticality. A democratic society cannot function without authority, it is not possible."
"Me, I was dealing with all the heirs of May 68", recalled Nicolas Sarkozy. “Those who said that it is 'forbidden to forbid'. But deep down, there isn't a more false and stupid sentence. For education is transgression. has no rule, you cannot transgress, therefore you cannot educate. "
The one who, he swears, "is not preparing for a political fight", nevertheless spoke about Jean Castex, a man in whom he "always trusted", as well as on Gerald Darmanin, targeted by a complaint for rape . "Gerald is a friend. I could count on his loyalty, his solidity. I am a faithful person, he can count on my friendship." And the bottom line? "Without the presumption of innocence, there is no democracy. I am not saying it because Gerald is a friend, I am saying it for French democracy."