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Valérie Trierweiler's rant, embarrassing resignation of Secretary of State, record unpopularity in the polls ... Times are tough for President Francois Hollande, avoiding informal meetings with the press.
This is a black day for François Hollande. The French president did not simply wipe the spikes of his ex-girlfriend in the book she published Thursday, September 4. He was also forced to remove a Secretary of State, Thomas Thévenoud for a compliance issue with taxes. And the same day, the head of state broke his record unpopularity, according to a survey released in the evening.
It all started with Valérie Trierweiler, or rather with his book, "Thank you for this moment," published Thursday and whose excerpts were released Wednesday. This great unpacking his private life by his former partner has done a disservice to the President, described as a cynical character who would have fun to call the poor "without teeth".
These embarrassing anecdotes triggered a storm of outraged reactions from the political as well as columnists. In the absence of reaction of the Elysee is his prime minister who flew Thursday to rescue the president, denouncing the turning of a movement retraction "outrageous attacks" and a "mixture of public life and privacy "that" lowers the debate. "
But curiosity won out over the "dignity" claimed by Manuel Valls, and at midday, the book had recorded 15,000 sales in Fnac stores, a three times stronger than the best-selling five start recent years "Fifty Shades of Grey".
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from IBT: "French President François Hollande's Former Partner Valérie Trierweiler Releases Book on Affair"
September 4, 2014 21:18 BST
A person takes in a Montpellier bookstore, on September 4, 2014, a copy of the book of French President former partner Valerie Trierweiler entitled 'Merci pour ce moment' (Thanks you for this moment) some hours after its release. The memoir of the 49-year-old Paris Match journalist and former first lady Valerie Trierweiler reveals some details of her tumultuous relationship with President Francois Hollande.
France's ex-first lady, Valérie Trierweiler released her revenge on French President Francois Hollande's infidelity in a 320-page memoir titled 'Merci Pour ce Moment' (Thank You for the Moment) that hit bookstores today (4 September).
In the book, Trierweiler gives explicit details on her split from the President after he was revealed by gossip magazine Closer to be having an affair with 42-year-old actress Julie Gayet.
Forty-nine-year old Trierweiler and Hollande were together for nine years.
Amongst other embarrassing details, Trierweiler says Hollande often jokingly called poor people, "the toothless".
"He presented himself as a man who disliked the rich. In reality, the president doesn't like the poor. In private, this man - the left-winger - calls them 'the toothless' and is so pleased at how funny he is," read an excerpt from the book, reported France24.
Trierweiler went into a state of hiding for eight days after news of her husband's affair first broke and was later checked into hospital for stress.
more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/french-president-francois-hollandes-wife-releases-kiss-tell-book-husbands-affair-1464063
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Valérie Trierweiler's rant, embarrassing resignation of Secretary of State, record unpopularity in the polls ... Times are tough for President Francois Hollande, avoiding informal meetings with the press.
This is a black day for François Hollande. The French president did not simply wipe the spikes of his ex-girlfriend in the book she published Thursday, September 4. He was also forced to remove a Secretary of State, Thomas Thévenoud for a compliance issue with taxes. And the same day, the head of state broke his record unpopularity, according to a survey released in the evening.
It all started with Valérie Trierweiler, or rather with his book, "Thank you for this moment," published Thursday and whose excerpts were released Wednesday. This great unpacking his private life by his former partner has done a disservice to the President, described as a cynical character who would have fun to call the poor "without teeth".
These embarrassing anecdotes triggered a storm of outraged reactions from the political as well as columnists. In the absence of reaction of the Elysee is his prime minister who flew Thursday to rescue the president, denouncing the turning of a movement retraction "outrageous attacks" and a "mixture of public life and privacy "that" lowers the debate. "
But curiosity won out over the "dignity" claimed by Manuel Valls, and at midday, the book had recorded 15,000 sales in Fnac stores, a three times stronger than the best-selling five start recent years "Fifty Shades of Grey".
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from IBT: "French President François Hollande's Former Partner Valérie Trierweiler Releases Book on Affair"
September 4, 2014 21:18 BST
A person takes in a Montpellier bookstore, on September 4, 2014, a copy of the book of French President former partner Valerie Trierweiler entitled 'Merci pour ce moment' (Thanks you for this moment) some hours after its release. The memoir of the 49-year-old Paris Match journalist and former first lady Valerie Trierweiler reveals some details of her tumultuous relationship with President Francois Hollande.
France's ex-first lady, Valérie Trierweiler released her revenge on French President Francois Hollande's infidelity in a 320-page memoir titled 'Merci Pour ce Moment' (Thank You for the Moment) that hit bookstores today (4 September).
In the book, Trierweiler gives explicit details on her split from the President after he was revealed by gossip magazine Closer to be having an affair with 42-year-old actress Julie Gayet.
Forty-nine-year old Trierweiler and Hollande were together for nine years.
“He presented himself as a man who disliked the rich. In reality, the president doesn't like the poor. In private, this man - the left-winger - calls them 'the toothless' and is so pleased at how funny he is.” --- Valérie Trierweiler
Amongst other embarrassing details, Trierweiler says Hollande often jokingly called poor people, "the toothless".
"He presented himself as a man who disliked the rich. In reality, the president doesn't like the poor. In private, this man - the left-winger - calls them 'the toothless' and is so pleased at how funny he is," read an excerpt from the book, reported France24.
Trierweiler went into a state of hiding for eight days after news of her husband's affair first broke and was later checked into hospital for stress.
more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/french-president-francois-hollandes-wife-releases-kiss-tell-book-husbands-affair-1464063
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