The lifestyle of François Fillon continues to speak, more than four years after the explosion of affairs which closed the doors of the presidential campaign. Tuesday, March 30, 2021, journalists from World Gérard Davet and Fabrice Lhomme were guests on the show It feels good, broadcast on Europe 1. Co-authors of the book Secret history of the French right (plural ed.) – a compilation of their surveys Hatred, the Sarkozy years and Apocalypse, the Fillon years – they evoked the relationship to money of the former prime minister. According to our colleagues, who inquired from the current Minister of Culture, the politician would have remained in Matignon because of his salary, which amounted to 15,000 euros per month: “It’s Roselyne Bachelot who tells us.This is what motivated his separation from François Fillon, among others. “
According to Gérard Davet and Fabrice Lhomme, Nicolas Sarkozy and his former right-hand man are totally opposed. “At Nicolas Sarkozy, money is not a shame. He assumes it. He is very happy to claim that he is the administrator of many groups and that he earns a lot of money with his conferences. He is very happy with that “ they specified before continuing: “Fillon has the shameful, hidden, a little secret money.” Anne Roumanoff’s guests rely in particular on the confidences of political figures. “Rachida Dati, who knows him well, tells us this remarkably. And even Jean-Louis Debré tells us about it well. They compare him to a provincial notary who hides his money a little bit”, they reported. And to insist on the fact that this character trait is “obvious” for everyone “those who know him intimately”.
“QWhen you are no longer Prime Minister, you lose all that “
At the microphone ofEurope 1, Gérard Davet and Fabrice Lhomme also mentioned the luxury tastes of husband of Pénélope Fillon. “He’s someone who loves beautiful clothes. We saw with Robert Bourgi that it will cost him dearly. He loves beautiful watches, he loves beautiful cars. He also loves the latest gadgets”, they listed, before emphasizing: “He is someone who deeply loves money and who, in addition, needs it (…) When you are Prime Minister in Matignon, you earn roughly 15,000 euros net per month. And when you’re no longer Prime Minister, you lose all that. So we lose a lifestyle and a rhythm of life. “
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