Guest Thursday evening of "Quotidien", the former President of the Republic lamented that the novel of Agatha Christie "The ten little niggers" had to be renamed.

But many condemned its parallel between the word "niggers" and the word "apes", used several times by Nicolas Sarkozy on two occasions.

Gone are the days when Nicolas Sarkozy, then "omnipresident", created almost one controversy per day with great blows of shattering media interventions.

Since his defeat in the right-wing primary in 2016, the former President of the Republic has been out of business, and his appearances on TV are extremely rare.

Thursday evening, he departed from his current discretion by granting a long interview to

Daily

to promote his latest book,

Le temps des tempêtes

.

And in one streak he recalled his ability to create controversy.

"We may have the right to say 'monkey' without insulting anyone."

 It was when he launched himself on the theme of "we can no longer say anything" that Nicolas Sarkozy, according to some, slipped.

The former president denounces "this will of the elites who pinch their noses, who are like monkeys, who do not listen to anyone", before interrupting.

"We have the right to say monkey? Because we no longer have the right to say the ... What do we say now 'the Ten Little Soldiers', now, is that it?", He says. in reference to Agatha Christie's novel 

The Ten Little Negroes

, recently renamed 

They were ten

.

"Society is progressing", then quipped Nicolas Sarkozy, before concluding: "We may have the right to say 'monkey' without insulting anyone".

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- Julien Paniac (@JulienPaniac) September 10, 2020

Nicolas Sarkozy was then able to measure that his word remained scrutinized by his opponents of yesterday and today.

The environmental leader Yannick Jadot, the LFI MP Danièle Obono or Audrey Pulvar, a former journalist who became deputy mayor of Paris, have reacted strongly on Twitter.

@NicolasSarkozy in the midst of a racist shipwreck!

https://t.co/a1bkxGENAi

- Yannick Jadot (@yjadot) September 10, 2020


* Nicolas 'On-Peut-Pu-Rien-Dire' Sarkozy, little ex-president of the French Republic, great inspirer of the right / extreme right / uninhibited extreme right *


https://t.co/MBwUpXJO6y

- MP Obono (@Deputee_Obono) September 10, 2020


* Nicolas 'On-Peut-Pu-Rien-Dire' Sarkozy, little ex-president of the French Republic, great inspirer of the right / extreme right / uninhibited extreme right *


https://t.co/MBwUpXJO6y

- MP Obono (@Deputee_Obono) September 10, 2020

Many anonymous have also reacted.

Some to denounce the words of Nicolas Sarkozy.

Others to note the few reactions aroused by his remarks on the set.