Former Prime Minister of Jacques Chirac and Mayor of Bordeaux Alain Juppé signed his book of memoirs this afternoon, Friday June 28, at the Caumes des livres bookstore in Millau.
The man is seated behind a table where dozens of copies of his book of memoirs are accumulated: 400 pages for 40 years of political life. Alain Juppé, former Prime Minister of Jacques Chirac, mayor of Bordeaux, displays a studious relaxation. Pen in hand, he signs personal words to those who ask for it in the middle of the shelves of the Millavois bookstore Caumes des livres.
Sitting next to him, his friend Jacques Godfrain, former deputy mayor of Millau with whom Alain Juppé also shared some ministerial advice under the presidency of Jacques Chirac from 1995 to 1997. “I don’t know Millau very well,” Alain Juppé breathes. “I had already been there for the inauguration of the Viaduct… how long ago already?” Almost twenty years old.
After a photo with a young boy – the mother had the book signed – Alain Juppé says he simply wanted to “writing memories. From my childhood in the Landes to 2019.” The year he joined the Constitutional Council, replacing Lionel Jospin. “I’m not sure I’ll do a volume two” The politician finally smiled before picking up his pen again and signing new copies of his “French history”.
