THEhe people with whom we have grown old often end up taking away our affection when they disappear, no matter what we thought of them during their lifetime. It could thus seem that the whole of France was a fan of Johnny during his funeral. And this is perhaps the reason why we discover, for a few weeks, fans of Angela Merkel that we did not suspect.
Among them, people on the left who forgot her conservatism when she opened the doors to Syrian migrants, feminists who discovered that a woman had been in power for sixteen years, observers who had become fans of her style ” normal ”since her four terms gave her the appearance of a monarch. Her art of not attracting attention has ended up attracting that of commentators who are determined to decipher a posteriori what she did spontaneously (the diamond with her hands, her hairstyle by Nicolas Hulot…).
Even Anna Wintour, the iconic patron of Vogue, now salute his style! We also measure this Merkelmania, in the documentary Desperately looking for Merkel, by Marion Van Renterghem, to the efforts made by our last two single-term presidents, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, to recall all that the three-time re-elected Chancellor could retain from their precious advice.
How do we recognize them?
When they welcome his decisions, they remind us that they had had the idea before. When they underline its qualities, they take the opportunity to recall theirs. Nicolas Sarkozy: “She conceptualized slowness as solidity… I conceptualized speed as leeway. ” Francois Hollande : “I had to show him that there was another option. “
They compliment him with “buts” that they wouldn’t want to be used about them (Sarkozy: “She’s not a woman who is going to give an extremely brilliant speech, she’s not a woman who will raise the crowds, but she is a solid woman. “). Fascinated by its power, they praise its simplicity and can list symbols of power that do not interest them. They have memories with her.
How they talk
“It is the absence of vanity, of verb, of self-staging that makes the French dream. “” She puts her bag in the trunk of her car herself! “ “She’s carrying her umbrella!” ” Anna Wintour: “She looks like someone who knows who she is. I don’t feel like she’s trying to disguise herself. ” A French MEP: “Dark pants, a colored jacket, now we all do that.” She invented the work dress for women in politics. ” Nicolas Sarkozy: “We talked about Merkozy very early on. “ “A couple works when they are complementary, not when they are alike. “
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