At the Brive Book Fair, Valérie Trierweiler at peace with François Hollande: “All that is behind”

From November 8 to 10, the town of Brive-la-Gaillarde hosts its famous Book Fair. On the occasion of the release of his work It's for a friend! – Manual for fifty-somethings (Les Arènes), on October 10, Valérie Trierweiler was present at the show with Constance Vergara, her co-author. La Montagne spoke with the two women and took the opportunity to ask questions of the former First Lady, back in Corrèze. It is the stronghold of his former companion, the former President of the Republic François Hollande.

The journalist said she was delighted to be back in this event, ten years after the release of her best-seller Thank you for this moment (Les Arènes), which goes behind the scenes of his months spent at the Élysée before his tumultuous breakup with the former head of state. “I love the Corréziens, I find them extremely friendly towards me”she confided to our colleagues at The Mountain who then asked her if she was going to meet “a famous” Corrézien, referring to François Hollande. “I don’t know, we’ll see if he comes to the stand, I don’t know who you mean, but I have an idea anyway”she replied, before explaining that she no longer held any grudges against her ex-partner: “It’s over. All that is behind.”

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François Hollande present at the Brive Book Fair, a few stands from Valérie Trierweiler

If the former journalist Paris Match confided that she did not know if they were going to cross paths, François Hollande was also present at the 42nd edition of the Brive Book Fair. Former president presents his book The challenge of governing (Perrin), released on September 5. Despite the circumstances of their breakup, notably with the revelation of his relationship with actress Julie Gayet by Closerthe former companions would be reconciled today. In his work The President who wanted to live his lifejournalist Élise Karlin revealed that the couple had publicly reconciled during a meeting organized in a restaurant. Valérie Trierweiler still confirms today that their resentments belong to the past.