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Therefore, Jordan Bardella, Mélenchon, Edouard Philippe, Raphaël Glucksmann or anyone who dreams of the Élysée: they need to make a little effort...
What can you buy with 25,420 euros? We're not talking about today, of course, that much money today is roughly the weekly supermarket bill if you add some extra canned goods and two or three packs of toilet paper for the anti-hantavirus bunker.
But in 2024, with that much money you could become the owner of a true French romantic-political relic: the scooter on which François Hollande secretly went on love dates around Paris.
A gray Piaggio MP3 125, the historic vehicle on which the former French president squeezed presidential dignity through Parisian traffic to meet actress Julie Gayet, then his lover and now his wife.
In 2015, this story exploded like a prime-time soap opera finale. Closer magazine published the iconic photo of Hollande in a helmet, looking more like a pizza delivery man than the president of France, while he was still in a relationship with journalist Valérie Trierweiler.
Then came the detail that electrified France: the security agent who, early in the morning, brought the lovers a bag of croissants. It was later revealed that there were state documents inside. Of course. Because the French are known for their strange habit of transporting secret files in bakery bags.
Today, meanwhile, it seems as if even presidential scandals have lost their charm. A new book, “ A (Almost) Perfect Couple ” by journalist Florian Tardif, claims that Brigitte Macron pushed, or perhaps “love-shot,” Emmanuel Macron in the face before they got off the plane in Vietnam after seeing a message on his phone from Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani.
According to the author, Macron had a “ platonic relationship ” with the actress. That in politics is usually the elegant way of saying: “the messages were getting a little more creative than they should have been .”
But unlike Hollande's time, the public doesn't seem very interested. No one is waiting for the next episode with popcorn in hand, although, this being France, perhaps more so with escargots and a glass of Bordeaux.
Perhaps the problem is that Macron lacks Hollande's absurd romanticism. Hollande was the president who sneaked out on scooters and croissants. Macron, on the other hand, seems like the hyperactive type who tours Africa, berates journalists, runs with professional marathoners, and maybe trains for sprints just in case Brigitte checks his phone again.
Therefore, Jordan Bardella, Mélenchon, Edouard Philippe, Raphaël Glucksmann or anyone who dreams of the Élysée: they need to make a little effort.
Organize a dignified affair, bring a scooter, maybe even a mysterious bag of croissants. French politics urgently needs to restore some of its institutional sex appeal./ Adapted from "Pamphlet" by "Politico"
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