Monday 13 January 2014

Are we reading about a political leader or a torrid crime, romance novella?

The story of French President François Hollande's alleged affair with an actress took a darker turn over the weekend when reports surfaced saying the suspected trysts took place in a Paris apartment owned by someone with ties to the Corsican mob. 
The apartment on Rue du Cirque, not far from the Elysée Palace in the city's 8th arrondissement, was allegedly made available to Hollande and actress Julie Gayet by a woman who was married to a recently slain Corsican mafioso and who is the ex-wife of Michel Ferracci, who also has alleged links to Corsican mafia, French newspaper Le Monde claimed.
Val says - we will all be relieved when Hollande gets back to politics. At the time the country most needs a strong leadership to counteract the movement to the far right, what do we get but news of a torrid affair.  I find it scary.