法總統新歡“整”舊愛奧朗德“后宮起火”

中國日報網 2012-06-14 14:00

Segolene Royal (left) has been left infuriated by Valerie Trierweiler (right), France's new First Lady, because the latter is backing her rival in an election.(Agencies)

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The live-in lover of French President Francois Hollande today infuriated the mother of his four children by backing her electoral rival for a place in Parliament.

Valerie Trierweiler, 47, has never made any secret of her dislike for Segolene Royal, the 58-year-old who shared Mr Hollande's life for more than 30 years.

Ms Royal was, in turn, devastated when Mr Hollande left her for Ms Trierweiler, a Paris Match magazine journalist, in 2007.

Now Ms Royal, herself a former Socialist government minister who stood for the presidency in 2007, is standing for a place in the National Assembly.

Ms Royal gained 32 percent of the vote in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday in the western constituency of La Rochelle, and hopes to win outright in the second round on Sunday.

But Olivier Falorni, a popular local Socialist politician in La Rochelle, is standing against her and achieved 29 percent of the vote last Sunday.

Everybody expected Mr Hollande to back Ms Royal, but today Ms Trierweiler sparked outrage by using her Twitter account to post a message of support for Mr Falorni.

It reads: 'Good luck to Olivier Falorni who was not unworthy, who fights alongside the people of La Rochelle for so many years with selfless commitment.'

Such a message, from the serving first lady of France, could easily swing the election against Ms Royal and effectively end her political career.

'It's a devastating blow for Segolene, and she's infuriated by what has happened,' said a Socialist Party insider.

'The party has been plagued by in-fighting for many years, but Segelone never expected the President's new lover to make such a provocative gesture.'

Asked by reporters, if she was indeed supporting Mr Falorni, Ms Trierweiler simply sent them a text reading: 'Yes'.

A senior Elysee Palace presidential aide meanwhile told Le Monde newspaper: 'I am completely blown away. I expected a government crisis, not a domestic one. It's amazing.'

Ms Royal had no initial comment, but critics said it was another example of Ms Trierweiler abusing her new position at the heart of the French Republic to make mischief.

One of many angry messages which Ms Trierweiler received back on Twitter was from Royal supporter Serge Pastor and reads: 'I did not think that female jealousy went that far.'

(Read by Nelly Min. Nelly Min is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)

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法國總統弗朗索瓦-奧朗德的同居女友瓦萊麗近日公開表態支持他的前女友羅雅爾的國民議會競選對手，這使羅雅爾十分憤怒。奧朗德和羅雅爾育有四名子女。

47歲的瓦萊麗-特里埃維勒從未掩飾過對塞格萊娜?羅雅爾的厭惡。58歲的羅雅爾曾與奧朗德共同生活過三十多年。

2007年，奧朗德離開羅雅爾，與瓦萊麗開始交往時，羅雅爾也一度身心崩潰。瓦萊麗是《巴黎競賽畫報》的記者。

如今，曾經在2007年成為社會黨總統候選人的羅雅爾正競選國民大會的一席。羅雅爾還曾在社會黨政府中擔任過部長。

上周日，在法國西部拉羅謝爾選區的首輪國會投票中，羅雅爾獲得了32%的選票。她希望在本周日的第二輪投票中直接勝出。

但該選區很受歡迎的社會黨政治人士奧利維爾-法洛爾尼成為她的競爭對手，并在上周日的選舉中獲得29%的選票。

所有人都認為奧朗德會支持羅雅爾，但今天瓦萊麗卻發表推文支持法洛爾尼，表達了自己的憤怒。

上面寫道：“法洛爾尼加油，他沒做錯任何事。他和拉羅謝爾的民眾共同奮斗多年，一直無私奉獻。”

法國“第一女友”發出這樣的消息，很可能使羅雅爾敗選，并在實際上終結她的政治生涯。