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Alain Juppé: "Chirac, a certain nobility of political commitment"

2020-09-25T19:02:37.279Z


INTERVIEW - On the sidelines of the first anniversary of his death, the former prime minister talks about the relationship, deep without being intimate, he had with Jacques Chirac.


In

Mon Chirac.

A singular friendship

(Tallandier), the current member of the Constitutional Council, recounts 40 years of political life lived alongside Jacques Chirac.

The opportunity to paint a modest portrait of his mentor in politics, whom he presents as a “valiant reformer”, “republican and human”.

LE FIGARO.

- After reading this book, one wonders if you have unraveled the mystery of Jacques Chirac?

You evoke the emotion that seized you during his funeral mass, a year ago, but did you speak with him about faith, religion or the approach of death?

Alain JUPPÉ.

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No, I was not in his intimate family circle.

Jacques Chirac had a form of restraint, modesty and as I was not very extrovert either ... I can say however that, far from caricatures, he was very respectful of the Catholic religion, that was part of the idea that it was from France.

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Jacques Chirac is dead, back on forty years of political life

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Source: lefigaro

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