Dressed all in sequins, Carla Bruni walks onto the stage of the Salle Wagram. At the heart of the gala evening organized by the Force Femmes association, the former First Lady immediately sets the tone by beginning this private concert with her song “Amoureuse”, punctuated by many glances addressed to Nicolas Sarkozy, installed in good place at the head table, just below the stage. It must be said that this November 12 has a very special flavor for the couple: it was almost on this date, give or take a day, that they met in 2007, as the singer recalled in a post published the next day on his Instagram account: “17 years already since the day we met my love. Thank you life for giving us this incredible love. Infinite gratitude.”
On November 13, 2007, it was during a dinner organized at the home of advertising executive Jacques Séguéla that the singer's path crossed that of the President of the Republic, freshly divorced from his wife Cécilia. They will practically never leave each other, from a getaway to Eurodisney quickly publicized in the media to a trip to Egypt and up to an official visit to India, a few weeks later, during which the former model confides having had the inspiration of her song “Keith and Anita”, which she performs at Salle Wagram. From a cover of “Douce France” in Italian to his poetic rendition of “The Winner takes it all”, from the group Abba – “a song about failure, because my husband and I prefer failure to “It is in failure that we find the most strength”, Carla Bruni does not shy away from her pleasure by distilling anecdotes and confidences about “her Raymond”, her first fan, who for his part does not leave her side. eyes. In almost an hour of concert, the interpreter of Someone told me, his first hit which celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year and which the whole room takes up in chorus, puts on the show and provides living proof that the Women's lives and careers can flourish in several stages.
This is precisely the purpose of the Force Femmes association, created in 2005 by Anne Méaux, the founder of Image Sept, and Véronique Morali, president of Fimalac, to encourage and promote business creation and the return to employment of women after 45 years. Celebrated as every year by a gala bringing together 450 guests, this evening under the sign of female solidarity opened with a speech by former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, applauded by the audience, among whom we could recognize Dominique Besnehard and Farida Khelfa, Jean-Michel Blanquer and even Marc Ladreit de la Charrière. Time to enjoy the start of the dinner served under the gold of the room classified as a Historic Monument which brought together 45 tables for as many patrons, like Kering or Château Angelus, and the guests were quickly able to applaud the colorful show of the former first lady, who succeeded Julien Clerc and Liane Foly, guests of honor in previous editions.
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