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Pablo Casado faces a crucial week to consolidate his leadership. The National Convention of the PP starts this Monday with the aim of
relaunching its alternative and its Government project
, supported by international politicians who will participate in different traveling tables. Although the
popular ones
have put all the meat on the spit to
attract flashy names
, initial expectations have been deflated and, barring last-minute surprises, Nicolas Sarkozy (66) will be the
international star
of the convention despite having been condemned for corruption.
His wife, Carla Bruni, (53) former
top model
turned successful singer, will also appear here, although he is not expected at any cultural debate table, but in the Plaza de España in Seville, where he will perform on October 7 and
She will sing to her "man",
as she always refers to Sarkozy, with whom she has starred in a
fascinating love story
since they met in 2007.
While Carla rehearses her ballads, her husband will
participate in a table in Madrid
to discuss
"freedom and individual responsibility"
together with other speakers. It will be on Wednesday, September 29. He is not expected to participate in more events, according to PP sources, who do not know if he will stay longer in Spain to applaud his wife in Seville.
It is not the first time that Sarkozy goes to the call of the PP.
In 2007 he was the star of a similar convention
of the
popular ones
led then by Mariano Rajoy and also maintains a close relationship with José María Aznar, who has even declared himself a fan of his wife, Carla Bruni. Aznar and Ana Botella did not miss the recital that the singer and former model gave in 2018 at the Teatro Nuevo Apolo in Madrid, sitting in the third row next to an enthralled Sarkozy.
Now, however, the situation is different. The former French president was sentenced in March by the 30th correctional chamber of the Paris Court to a sentence of three years in prison, replaced by domiciliary measures, for influence peddling and corruption. The
affair des écoutes
or
wiretapping
case
dates back to 2014 and it included Sarkozy as suspected of having tried to
bribe a magistrate with a post in Monaco
in exchange for information that linked him to generous donations from Liliane Bettencourt, owner of L 'Oreal, for his 2007 presidential campaign. Sarkozy visited the billionaire, who suffered from senile dementia, at her Parisian residence on several occasions throughout 2006 to receive her juicy black checks.
Sarkozy and José María Aznar have a close relationship.
In the image, at the Francisco de Vitoria University in 2019.ALBERTO DI LOLLI
Casado's PP, determined to distance itself from everything that smells of corruption, has been quick to justify the presence of the former leader, claiming that he
was invited before he was convicted.
With the contested sentence
- "I will go to the end," he warned -
Sarkozy continues to be a benchmark on the European right, although his expectations of
returning to the Elysee
are practically nil since he has become the
first former president of the Republic to receive a prison sentence.
Sarkozy with Mariano Rajoy and Xavier Garcia Albiol after a meeting of the Catalan PP in 2015 SANTI COGOLLUDO
The sentence has also been a
blow to the French right
, orphan of a charismatic leader like him. Sarkozy has two other judicial fronts open for
illicit financing of his electoral campaigns
, but he has continued to act as an oracle from his fabulous 323-square-meter office on
rue
Miromesnil, near his long-awaited Elysee, which is paid for by the state.
Retired from active politics since 2016, there he
receives mayors, aspiring deputies and businessmen
who come to him
for advice and contacts.
His office, with a profusion of gilding, Louis XVI furniture and photos of Carla Bruni, is a recreation of the Elysee.
Always in a suit and tie, he
receives his appointments in audience with a box of chocolates always at hand
.
Even the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has stepped on the soft carpets of the office to have breakfast with him.
"It is normal for people to come to ask him for advice, we only have him.
He is still very popular among the right wing,
"
one of Miromesnil's regulars told
Le Parisien
in a report published four months before his conviction.
At 65, with 37 years of career, Sarkozy has assured that
he will not return to politics because he does not want to divorce his beloved Carla
.
He has turned the page, but continues to cry out for his innocence.
"They have condemned me without evidence because they have found nothing. They have been harassing me for ten years and I am used to it," he says.
The guru on the French right is likely to get more blows.
Several judges continue to investigate the case of the partially illegal financing of the failed 2012 campaign, where it is suspected that
Sarkozy spent 17 million more than authorized
with a system of false invoices.
At least in love life smiles at him.
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