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Patrick Devedjian, a French novel

2020-03-29T18:15:31.060Z


TRIBUTE - Talent oratory, freedom of thought and a taste for provocation characterized the former politician, who died this weekend of the coronavirus.


He loved Tocqueville, the old stones of Gers, Aron and Cyrano de Bergerac. It is no coincidence that Patrick Devedjian, who died of coronavirus on the night of Saturday to Sunday, had produced a book of interviews a few years ago entitled À moi le minist de la parole! It is no coincidence either that this lawyer has long been associated, in a somewhat simplistic manner, with a few murderous and well-spoken sentences, often tinged with humor. The word, the verb, served by a historical and literary culture, rather rare in the political environment, were, in fact, its signature.

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His oratorical talent, his freedom of thought, a certain taste for provocation thus long inclined the president of the Hauts-de-Seine department to make good words which he always preferred "to big empty phrases" . The verb, the word was indeed its strength and its weakness. His strength, because they allowed him to seduce, convince, argue and often win the day. His weakness,

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Source: lefigaro

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