Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach 5:04 p.m., November 30, 2021
In the golds of the Élysée Palace, does the President of the Republic lead the life of a castle?
It would seem that this official residence, located rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, has not always been to the liking of those who have succeeded there since 1879. Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), first president of the Fifth Republic, judge this too bourgeois building without grandeur.
He thus plans to settle in places steeped in history such as the Hôtel des Invalides or the châteaux of Versailles, Fontainebleau and Vincennes.
After him, François Mitterrand (1916-1996) or Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-) will also think of packing their bags and moving…