Historian Patrick Buisson, figure of the conservative right and former advisor to Nicolas Sarkozy, died this Tuesday, December 12 at the age of 74.
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The essayist and historian, Patrick Buisson, was found lifeless this Tuesday morning, at the age of 74, at his home in Les Sables d’Olonne, in Vendée. Defender of a union of the rights, he led Nicolas Sarkozy to victory in the 2007 presidential election by suggesting to him, for example, the idea of creating a ministry of Immigration and national identity.
Nicknamed the “ poison of the right » by the socialist Julien Dray, Patrick Buisson, support of Eric Zemmour in the last presidential election, said he was looking for a candidate “ which would not come from the National Rally, but would enter into a government agreement with the RN “.
“ Patrick Buisson was a man of great culture, a talented writer and a mad lover of France », greeted on X Marine Le Pen, president of the National Rally (RN) group in the Assembly. “ He advanced the ideas of the national camp, as very few intellectuals have succeeded, by lending his words to the words of power », Wrote Jordan Bardella, president of the RN, on the social network.
Patrick Buisson was a man of great culture, a talented writer and a mad lover of France. His sometimes provocative spirit and his sharp pen will be missed in the political debate.
— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) December 26, 2023
Convicted in the Élysée poll affair
Media man, Patrick Buisson writes for the far-right newspaper Minute from 1981 to 1987, before joining Current Values then directing the magazine from 1992 to 1998. He then runs the “Opinion” pages of the Figarocollaborated with LCI and directed the thematic channel Histoire, owned by TF1, from 2007 to 2018.
The one who advocated an “uninhibited right” had also had several encounters with the law. Indicted in 2015 for “embezzlement of public funds” in the Élysée poll affair, he will be sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros. His name will also be cited in the Élysée recordings affair, for having recorded meetings of Nicolas Sarkozy without his knowledge, extracts of which were published in the press. The former president obtained from the courts the removal of the clandestine recordings as well as the ordering of Patrick Buisson to pay him 10,000 euros in damages.
Emotion upon learning of the death of Patrick Buisson.
I always had a lot of pleasure talking with him. He passionately loved France and its history.
He saw, before many, the great dangers that threaten our country.
Thoughts for his family and loved ones.
— Eric Ciotti (@ECiotti) December 26, 2023
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