It was a dinner that surprised everyone. On December 7, after the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, accompanied by their wives, Carla Bruni and Julie Gayet, shared a friendly moment.
According to information from Point, the quartet actually found themselves around a table for an unexpected dinnerespecially when we consider the merciless war that the two former presidents have been waging against each other for several years.
This meeting, as discreet as it was unusual, quickly raised many questions. Faced with criticism, the socialist deputy therefore wanted to give his version of the facts.
François Hollande lifts the veil on his meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy
Guest of Benjamin Duhamel on the set of BFM TV this Sunday, December 15, 2024, he spoke at length about the circumstances of this surprising reunion. And according to him, this dinner was nothing more than a political gesture.
For François Hollande, “it was, in the circumstances that the country was experiencing“, a way”to show that two former presidents who had nevertheless bullied each other, confronted each other with sometimes rigor or cruelty, were capable of talking to each other“.
“We are in a moment where we must be able to talk to each other between Republicans. We must talk to each other not to confuse ourselves, but to talk about what, in the world, threatens use”, he indicated before adding that “this dinner, which was just after the ceremony and which did not last longer than necessary, was also a symbol“.
Despite this pleasant interlude, François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy are still rivals. “We remain in a confrontation and in a perfectly clear divide, but we are republicans“, concluded the former president who seems to think that the Republic comes first!
Nicolas Sarkozy not tender with his rival
As a reminder, the father of Pierre, Jean, Louis and Giulia has never been very tender with his opponent.
“It's not that I hate him, but I despise him“, he would have confided to LR deputies during an exchange on the politics of Emmanuel Macron and that of the Republicans.
A tackle which, at the time, did not fail to generate a lot of ink in the media and ignite the debates.
This statement, acerbic and unfiltered, was particularly shocking.
