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Adrien Candiard: from Dominique Strauss-Kahn to Saint Dominic

2020-12-04T19:17:47.808Z


PORTRAIT - Before being a very prominent Dominican brother recognized for his analyzes on Islam, Adrien Candiard was involved in politics, around Dominique Strauss-Kahn. His old friends remember this singular spirit, author of books which meet with great success.


They were called Ismaël Emelien, Benjamin Griveaux, or Adrien Candiard.

Heirs to Michel Rocard, they were 20 years old and worked for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then a prominent candidate for the socialist primary of 2006.

“In offices, rue de la Planche, young people, from all walks of life, were writing notes

, explains Emelien.

Adrien already enjoyed a certain aura: he had published an essay,

L'Anomalie Berlusconi,

which we had read with envy: it was as brilliant as it was clear. "

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After the failure of their champion, beaten by Ségolène Royal, these young Turks dispersed and then reformed, ten years later: the band of "Mormons" would accompany the march this time victorious of Emmanuel Macron towards the Elysee.

Candiard would not be “Mormon”.

He had already left: without fanfare or noise, he had clearly explained to Strauss-Kahn his disagreement on homoparentality.

DSK had just taken a favorable position on this still delicate subject for the PS.

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Source: lefigaro

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