Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has sued the publisher of a biography about her to withdraw passages because of invasions of her privacy, this house told AFP on Wednesday May 10. editing. The book in question is “The Secret”by journalist Bérengère Bonte, on sale in bookstores on May 4 by Editions de l’Archipel.
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In this summons before the Nanterre court that AFP was able to consult, Elisabeth Borne requests the deletion, “in any new edition or reprint”many passages of this biography, which would empty the book of a good part of its substance, under penalty of 1,000 euros per violation found.
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The copies currently on sale can remain as is and do not have to be withdrawn, the Prime Minister’s lawyer, Emilie Sudre, told AFP. She is claiming one euro in damages and 5,000 euros in legal costs. A hearing is scheduled for May 24.
“She had given her consent”
The head of government lists passages “referring to his health and sexual orientation”as well as “those referring to his family life, this information cannot fall within the scope of a legitimate freedom of information of the public”.
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In a press release, the Archipelago editions defended the quality of the author’s work.
“This book, the result of a year of investigation, dozens of interviews including two long interviews with Ms. Borne as well as others with eminent members of her cabinet, her family and her close circle of friends to whom she had given her consent, is the first biography of the Prime Minister appointed on May 16, 2022, ”they detailed.
