Our series on Isabelle Balkany
The recluse of Giverny
The day she became Madame Balkany
The regent of Levallois
Nicolas Sarkozy's friend
Isabelle and the judges
(publication Friday August 19)
“Nicolas”, over here.
"Nicolas" over there.
Isabelle Balkany can't help mentioning it.
"I'm talking about Nicolas Sarkozy," she says.
She always calls him by his first name.
She did it even when he was President of the Republic between 2007 and 2012. At the time, the Balkany, already pinned down by justice, were cumbersome friends for the new president.
However, he never publicly disavowed them.
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