英媒：萨科齐曾试图勾引奥朗德前女友

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 2017. 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.

据英国《每日邮报》4月22日报道，有爆料称法国前总统萨科齐曾经试图勾引现总统奥朗德前女友瓦莱丽•特里耶韦莱。

法国传记作家帕特里斯•马许雷在新书中透露，2007年，刚刚当选总统两个月的萨科齐在一次派对上走近特里耶韦莱耳语道：“你真美，我们应该约会。”但彼时特里耶韦莱正与奥朗德交往，毫不留情地拒绝了他，并骂他是个“乡下佬”。萨科齐只好作罢，但不服气地说：“她以为她是谁？”

据帕特里斯披露，当时萨科齐与塞西莉亚正在闹离婚，他已经与多位政治记者约会，并误认为特里耶韦莱是个“机会主义者”。遭拒没几个月，萨科齐时来运转，走了桃花运，邂逅了现任妻子布吕尼。

但是，萨科齐已经对特里耶韦莱怀恨在心，自2017奥朗德年当选总统以来，二人在公共场合相遇时表现相当冷淡。在南非前总统曼德拉的葬礼上，萨科齐不停地嘲笑瓦莱丽的帽子，说她戴上它之后像极了前任总统密特朗，还开玩笑说：“有三位法国总统出席了葬礼，分别是我、奥朗德和密特朗。”

1个月后，奥朗德与演员朱莉•加耶绯闻曝光，特里耶韦莱最终被奥朗德扫地出门。不过，萨科齐的代表否认萨科齐曾经勾引特里耶韦莱。