英媒：薩科齊曾試圖勾引奧朗德前女友
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy tried to seduce Valerie Trierweiler, the former partner of his successor President Hollande, it has been claimed.
Mr Sarkozy allegedly approached political journalist Ms Trierweiler at a Bastille Day garden party two Months after being elected president in 2007, whispering: 'You are beautiful. We should see each other'. But Ms Trierweiler, who was already dating Mr Hollande, is said to have hit back with a flat rejection, later calling him 'a boor'.
Mr Sarkozy, whose marriage was on the verge of collapse, took the refusal badly, writes biographer Patrice Machuret. According to the tale the leader recoiled, remarking: 'Who does she think she is?'.
Divorcing Cecilia Ciganer, he had already dated a number of political journalists - and wrongly took Ms Trierweiler to be 'an opportunist', Mr Machuret writes in His Life After The Elysee. Months after the alleged incident, reported by The Times, Mr Sarkozy met his bride-to-be, model Carla Bruni.
But from that moment on, he appeared to hold a grudge against Ms Trierweiler, Mr Machuret writes. It has been taken by many as an explanation for the apparent feud between Ms Trierweiler and Mr Sarkozy at every public appearance since Mr Hollande was elected in 2012. At Nelson Mandela’s funeral in Johannesburg, Mr Sarkozy is said to have ridiculed Ms Trierweiler’s hat.
He said it made her look like François Mitterrand, the last French socialist president, joking: 'There were three French presidents at the funeral: Me, François Hollande and François Mitterrand,' Machuret writes.
A month later, she was dumped by Mr Hollande after it emerged he was having an affair with actress Julie Gayet. Representatives of Mr Sarkozy have denied that he 'made a play for' Ms Trierweiler, said Machuret.據英國《每日郵報》4月22日報道，有爆料稱法國前總統薩科齊曾經試圖勾引現總統奧朗德前女友瓦萊麗•特里耶韋萊。
法國傳記作家帕特里斯•馬許雷在新書中透露，2007年，剛剛當選總統兩個月的薩科齊在一次派對上走近特里耶韋萊耳語道：“你真美，我們應該約會。”但彼時特里耶韋萊正與奧朗德交往，毫不留情地拒絕了他，並罵他是個“鄉下佬”。薩科齊只好作罷，但不服氣地說：“她以爲她是誰？”
據帕特里斯披露，當時薩科齊與塞西莉亞正在鬧離婚，他已經與多位政治記者約會，並誤認爲特里耶韋萊是個“機會主義者”。遭拒沒幾個月，薩科齊時來運轉，走了桃花運，邂逅了現任妻子布呂尼。
但是，薩科齊已經對特里耶韋萊懷恨在心，自2012奧朗德年當選總統以來，二人在公共場合相遇時表現相當冷淡。在南非前總統曼德拉的葬禮上，薩科齊不停地嘲笑瓦萊麗的帽子，說她戴上它之後像極了前任總統密特朗，還開玩笑說：“有三位法國總統出席了葬禮，分別是我、奧朗德和密特朗。”
1個月後，奧朗德與演員朱莉•加耶緋聞曝光，特里耶韋萊最終被奧朗德掃地出門。不過，薩科齊的代表否認薩科齊曾經勾引特里耶韋萊。
