At the microphone of Europe 1, the leader of the UDI Jean-Christophe Lagarde reacted to the death of the former minister Marielle de Sarnez, met while he was an activist at the Modem in 2007. He pays tribute to a "great activist ", a" courageous, strong politician ", but also loyal to François Bayrou.
"She never betrayed him, which is quite rare in politics", underlines Jean-Christophe Lagarde.
He was an activist in François Bayrou's campaign in 2007 when he met Marielle de Sarnez.
It is with emotion that Jean-Christophe Lagarde reacted at the microphone of Europe 1 to the death of the former minister at the age of 69, which occurred Wednesday evening.
"I think of all that she taught me, at the same time of strength, courage, lucidity and political analysis. She was a great European activist and a great parliamentarian very respected within the Union European. "
"A courageous politician"
"She was a courageous, strong, but also tough politician in combat and who greatly supported and counted in the political career of François Bayrou", adds the president of the UDI, who also evokes a person "passionate, convinced, committed, courageous, with the will to have a center which can once again lead France as it had known with Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ".
And to abound: "politically, François Bayrou and Marielle de Sarnez were one and the same person, and François Bayrou relied heavily on her. They both dreamed of François Bayrou entering the Elysee Palace, there was real loyalty between the two. She never betrayed him, which is quite rare in politics. "
And Jean-Christophe Lagarde concludes: "she would still have had much to contribute for France, for freedoms and for European construction."