It is a house to which the former President of the Republic says he always enjoys returning. Wednesday October 2, at noon, Nicolas Sarkozy returned to Place Beauvau, at the invitation of the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, for lunch. “He has a special relationship to this ministry. It represented the most beautiful moment of his professional life,” slips the entourage of the former head of state. So there is no question of refusing this kind of invitation, especially when it comes from a member of one’s political family.
“He is a former President of the Republic and a very important personality in the history of this ministry and the right,” we respond from Beauvau, recalling that Nicolas Sarkozy had left his mark on the function. It was between 2005 and 2007, within the government led at the time by Jean-Pierre Raffarin. He was particularly distinguished by his media omnipresence and the multiplication of his trips, occupying the ground as much as possible.
“He is a model in the desire he showed at the time, that of shaking things up,” confides Bruno Retailleau’s entourage, who recognizes a “form of admiration” for his predecessor, who gave him gave “advice” for managing the Beauvau house. Bruno Retailleau has, like Nicolas Sarkozy, distinguished himself since his appointment by a strong media presence and on the ground, when ministers had rather been advised to maintain relative discretion – “talk less and act more”, as the saying goes. on the orders of Michel Barnier.
Nicolas Sarkozy “looks with a kind eye on the action of Bruno Retailleau”
The former president “looks with a kind eye on the action of Bruno Retailleau”, confides in any case those around him, rediscovering a little “the way in which he exercised the same function”.
Monday on Europe 1, Nicolas Sarkozy said he “supported” the Vendéen, and agreed with him in his desire to “favor firmness”. Asked about the controversy following remarks according to which Retailleau wanted to call into question the rule of law, he also defended it. “As soon as someone wants to do something, they are immediately accused of being somewhere between Hitler and Laval,” replied the former leader of the right.
Bruno Retailleau has already planned to receive other of his predecessors in Beauvau, such as former socialist ministers Manuel Valls or Bernard Cazeneuve.
