As women changed policy of France
Recently in France at the age of 58 years died one of the two daughters of former President Jacques Chirac, Laurence. She adolescence suffered from anorexia, a mental disease that causes people have an aversion to food and, as a consequence, depletion. Her illness was carefully concealed from the public and the media. Back in 1988, when the first rumors of the demise of Laurence, this was directly asked of her father, but Jacques Chirac has refused to publicly discuss family secrets. Some secrets of the owners of the Elysee Palace (the official Parisian residence of the President) and their impact on life in France to understand”.ru”.
The king makes a lady: valéry Giscard d’estaing, French President from 1974 to 1981
Its name is often abbreviated to “Giscard” or even VGE — the first letters of the name and surname. On 17 December 1952, Giscard married his distant cousin, Ann Eamonn Sauvage de Brant, daughter of the count. A notable bearer of the surname was also the grandniece of a powerful magnate eugène Schneider, the head of concern “Schneider-Creusot”, the largest French arms manufacturer, metal products, machinery and equipment.
Despite belonging to a famous and influential family, Ann Eamonn policy practically was not interested and tried once again not to Shine ” in public, staying in the shadows of her husband. A future President, inspired by the example of John F. Kennedy, chose his style of doing things in politics, which meant the active participation of the family in its public activities. Shy and modest by nature, Ann-Eamonn took rule of a big political game, knowing that it could have an impact on the career of her husband. After his death in 1974, French President Georges Pompidou in the country were announced early elections. The main candidates for the presidency were valéry Giscard d’estaing and françois Mitterrand. Public opinion polls showed an absolute equality of candidates. Everything was decided during the direct radio debates. When françois Mitterrand was long and difficult explain what socially vulnerable groups that need support, Giscard d’estaing was interrupted by his opponent with the remark: “But, Monsieur Mitterrand, I think, in the hearts of the French people can not be a monopoly!” This phrase, as argued later VGE, brought him 500 thousand votes. (He won, according to official figures, with a margin of 400 thousand.) However, d’estaing owes his victory not so much timely remark, how much the faithful spouse.
Ann Eamonn policy practically was not interested and tried to stay in the shadow wife
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When the campaign reached its peak, a modest Ann Eamonn being worked on, the popularity of her husband. She sported on the campaign posters, her face did not descend from covers of secular and socio-political magazines. For the then French part of the wife in the election campaign of her husband was new. The French press after the victory, d’estaing wrote, that Ann-Eamonn became the first wife of the French leader that has real influence on the fellow. Even more this effect is felt when in 1975 on live television for the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic presidential couple appeared together. By the way, this kind of “soft power,” first Madam of France — charm, modesty and Forbearance is manifested and in the most difficult moments of her married life: when her husband openly favored minions, and the tabloid press relished in full the details of his adventures, Ann Eamonn just wasn’t paying attention to it.
Life in two houses: françois Mitterrand, President of France from 1981 to 1995
It was called the Florentine for deceit and duplicity, comparing with Machiavelli, and Byzantines for stealth and cunning. A member of the Resistance movement, the Minister in many of the offices, an experienced politician and devoted family man. Officially — the first and last time in my life — Mitterrand got married during the war, in 1944. He told me that in his future wife Danielle fell in love in absentia. One of the companions in the Resistance showed him a picture of sister: “Really, darling?” Mitterrand responded with a request: “Introduce”. They met in the already liberated Paris. Daniel was always there — and in times of UPS and downs moments. However, both very conditionally applicable to Mitterrand: even when President de Gaulle fired him from the government, Mitterrand went to the “honorable exile” — for the position of Senator. Daniel soothed her husband and rejoiced that he now devotes more time to the family. In General, she was the perfect politician’s wife, providing him with a reliable rear: not climb into the Affairs of her husband, did not suit him scenes of jealousy and scandals (although the reasons for this were many). When her husband confessed to the entire nation that he has a second family in 1994, Mitterrand himself called reporters from the magazine “Paris Match”, gave them an interview and featured in a photo shoot for publication with his illegal family), Madame Mitterrand said that “respects the freedom of his wife” and “maintains a warm relationship with him”.
The history of the parallel lives of françois Mitterrand described in detail in the book “the secret family”, released in 2005. With his “second” wife Ann Pena Mitterrand met in 1961 at one of the resorts of the Atlantic coast. Anna at the time was only 18 years old. In 1974, she gave birth to daughter policy — Mazarin, named after the famous cardinal Mazarin schemer, who claimed the greatness of France on the European continent. However, paternity Mitterrand did not advertise, in the birth certificate of a girl stood blank.
The mystery of their relationship during the presidency of Mitterrand guarded as one of the main state secrets. Everyone who knew about the second family of the President and aroused the slightest suspicion of disloyalty or excessive talkativeness, were included in the list of persons whose phones were tapped in violation of French laws. But to ensure this problem at the Elysee Palace special unit has been established. Died the former President in 1996. Official’s widow Danielle Mitterrand herself invited Anna Pena to the funeral and the entire mourning ceremony for two first Madame sat side by side.
“Promises oblige only those, to whom they are given”: Jacques Chirac, President of France from 1995 to 2007
This sentence French journalists attributed to Chirac, who allegedly said it in a narrow circle during his presidency. And his nickname, the Bulldozer, he received early on in my career just for the opposite of loyalty principles and ability to defend them fervently. Perhaps irrepressible temperament Chirac has determined the choice of life partner. Bernadette Chirac in an interview, said: “the Wives of presidents generally have to have persistence and a very good health. In addition, I have a bit of a slow temperament. I even called the turtle. Once my husband live French television said that I’m so slow that even a tortoise overtake me. But, as in the famous fable, the tortoise and the hare can outrun. I like the tortoise”. In General, opposites converge.
Despite the fact that Bernadette was very active in public and political activities, it is up to a certain point almost had nothing to do with Affairs of the husband. To help spouse she came only when in 1990-2000-ies the right, which were headed by Jacques Chirac, began to lose popularity and lose regional elections. Engaged in political struggle, Bernadette has used all his influence and popularity to correct the situation. And it succeeded. While Bernadette, came from an ancient noble family, not down to a banal revenge to her husband, whose many infidelities, and just helped wife.
To help wife Bernadette Chirac came, when the right wing began to lose popularity
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Jacques Chirac, already getting off the political scene, made a very symbolic statement, “I don’t hate women, but didn’t pay them too much attention”. According to him, he allowed himself to have Affairs with women when he was Prime Minister in the 70-ies, but these games and generally love experiences “had on me a great impact and has not played a decisive role in my life.” The politician said that “there were women I loved, but very cautiously”, but never thought about how to leave the spouse. Bernadette herself said the statement of the husband with the inherent elegance of the aristocrat, saying he did not expect such a reverent attitude. “I always reminded him,” Bernadette said once, ” that on the day when Napoleon left Josephine, he lost everything.”
Unforgiving resentment and marriage for presidency: Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France from 2007 to 2012
The early political career of Nicolas Sarkozy, many experts have called 1983, when he considered, not without the help of the then mayor of Paris and the influential right-wing politics of Jacques Chirac) became mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, a satellite town of the French capital, inhabited by wealthy and respectable Parisians. Being a married, 28-year-old Sarkozy however had the signs of attention Chirac’s daughter Claude. Courtship, according to the researchers this side of the life of the French establishment, has taken very favorably. But the novel was fleeting, the couple broke up seemingly by mutual consent, while maintaining good relations. But given the crack of the relationship, Sarkozy and Chirac, and this resentment for her daughter did not let Chirac. So many years later, on the eve of the presidential election 2007, nobody believed that Chirac will support the candidacy of the former “friend” of his daughter.
The second marriage of Nicolas Sarkozy had nearly cost him the presidency. Immediately after the divorce with the first wife in 1996, Sarkozy remarried on the presenter Cecilia, Signer, whose favors are sought. In 2005 when Sarkozy was interior Minister of France, Cecilia happened an affair, and the couple broke up. However, in 2006, at the start of the presidential race, they met again — probably for reasons of political expediency. Polls showed that family squabbles adversely affect the ratings of the presidential candidate. However, reconciliation was short — five months later, the couple broke up completely. So as the first Madam of France Cecilia did not stay long.
Nicolas Sarkozy in his youth he had the attentions of the daughter of Jacques Chirac, Claude
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Already as head of state, Sarkozy did not remain a bachelor. His attention was drawn to the singer and model of Italian origin of Charles Bruni became the third wife of the politician. The influence of Bruni on the head of the state was estimated in different ways. Some politicians claimed that the first lady directly imposes its will on the President. Bruni herself in an interview has denied these accusations, but in a very interesting way: “husband I Express an opinion, if he so requests, but he never consults with me on specific political issues because I don’t understand it. Does my husband look henpecked, which allows him to command?”
Eligible bachelor with the baggage of adultery: Francois Hollande, President of France since 2012-present
The main rival Nicolas Sarkozy in the presidential election of 2007 was the candidate of the socialist party, Segolene Royal, who since the late 1970s was the civil wife of the current head of the Fifth Republic of Francois Hollande. Despite four children together, their Union cannot be called a family familiar to the Russians sense of the word. To denote this relationship between a man and a woman in France there is a special legal form — “civil partnership”. Thus, formally, the French President françois Hollande never married never. His Alliance with Royal fell apart in 2007.
Here I must say that although the reason for the demonstrative of the break was a fascination with Hollande’s journalist of the magazine “Paris Match” Valerie trierweiler, the true reasons seem to lie deeper. Royal’s political career has evolved to a point where more successful than that of her companion. In particular, the nomination of candidates for President in the 2007 elections, the Royal, far ahead of Hollande, and the sharp-tongued journalists have started to call Hollande “Monsieur Royal”. The insult was compounded by the fact that with the filing of Jacques Chirac already teased the “Mitterrand’s Labrador”. Therefore, the gap most likely was caused by the desire of Hollande to break out of the shadow of the more successful companions.
Formally, the French President françois Hollande never married never
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Valerie trierweiler had played an important role in the arrival of Hollande to power: it is a year dedicated to the leadership of his campaign. But the fact that the place beside the President takes his wife and mistress, immediately began to cause irritation of the French. Trierweiler not only settled in the apartments of the Elysee Palace, without a legitimate reason, but gained a staff of 20 assistants and secretaries, who received a salary from the state Treasury. So, when françois Hollande was accused of infidelity, the public, if not gloating, it is not particularly sympathized with the suffering Valerie. She, incidentally, after the news about the adventures of the President fell ill in the hospital with a nervous breakdown.
However, when Trierweiler lightning struck the President a retaliatory strike, releasing a book called “Thank you for this moment”, in which, in particular, mentioned that Francois does not love the poor, but partial to expensive hotels and restaurants. Revenge was precisely calculated: the book was published in a time when the rating of Allanada barely reached 13 percent, and similar information about the “people’s President” only worsened the situation for the already very unpopular in the history of France head of state.
However, Hollande has tried to back off, and again used a woman — his former civil wife ségolène Royal. In April 2014, the Royal has assumed the position of Minister of ecology, sustainable development and energy in the new socialist government of Manuel Valls. To this position she was invited personally Hollande.
