Gauthier Delomez
During his stay at the Élysée from 2007 to 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy called on only one man to occupy the post of Prime Minister: François Fillon. At the microphone of Pascal Praud, the former head of state looks back on his special relationship with his head of government. Listen to the extract again.
In his book The time of battles, Nicolas Sarkozy wonders about the function of Prime Minister, occupied by François Fillon throughout his five-year term. With Pascal Praud in the show Pascal Praud and you, the former tenant of the Élysée returns without filter to the relationship forged with his sole head of government, regularly dotting the i’s. “I have a lot of respect for Mr. Fillon who was a very good Prime Minister. But when we had discussions and he had disagreements with me, I said to him ‘Remind me who was elected? And who was been appointed?'”, launches the former head of state on Europe 1.