Will François Hollande go to the Théâtre Libre to see the adaptation of “A president should not say that”, the book drawn by our colleagues from the “World” Gérard Davet and Fabrice Lhomme, from the sixty interviews that the former president granted them throughout his five-year term? Not sure. It is indeed thought that it is mainly this firebrand (Stock, 2016), sold over 250,000 copies, which deterred the president from seeking a second term. Especially since Jean-Marc Dumontet, the director of this Free Theater, is one of the most loyal supporters of Emmanuel Macron. One of its cultural referents, it is said. The choice of Davet and Lhomme’s book is therefore not entirely due to chance.
Why drive the point home by returning to the political suicide of the former president? Woe to the vanquished? Thibault de Montalembert, who plays Davet and Lhomme united in one character, defends the journalists:
“Hollande received Davet and Lhomme 61 times in five years. Unheard of under any
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