Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy: they recount their anniversary meeting, celebrated in the evening of the attacks on the 13 November Gala

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The 13 November 2015, a few hours before the attacks that hit Paris, French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy were in a restaurant in the capital to celebrate their anniversary of meeting. Two years later, the couple looks back on this sad evening.

The story of the meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni is now known to all. In one of his book, Autobiography unauthorized, the ad Jacques Ségéla told of how, in 2007, he had invited the two personalities at a dinner party, a socialite. That evening, it was love at first sight between the politician and the singer. But what is not known necessarily to the general public, it is the anniversary date of this meeting was 13th November. This explains why, eight years later, on 13 November 2015, evening of the attacks that hit Paris and Saint-Denis, the ex-president of the Republic and his wife was in a restaurant in the capital to celebrate their meeting.

In an interview delivered this week by Carla Bruni-Sarkozy for the magazine Vogue, Nicolas Sarkozy, passing through the room where took place the interview, recalled this sad evening. “It was the anniversary of our meeting, I invited my wife to the Plaza because there are only tourists “. In this institution, the former head of the State knew that it would be a little bothered by onlookers. After dinner, instead of heading toward one of the trendiest place in the capital, the couple returned home. This evening, the France team faces the one from Germany at the Stade de France. ” We dined early, then went back to watch the football, recalls Nicolas Sarkozy. They have not stopped the match, it is through text that we learned of the attacks… “. In the spirit of the couple, on November 13, there will now never be the same flavor. Not what not stopped to celebrate the birthday of his meeting. after all, love is always stronger than hate.

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