Patrick Buisson, historian and determine of the intense proper, is lifeless | EUROtoday

The essayist and far-right journalist Patrick Buisson died Tuesday December 26 on the age of 74, confirmed the police of Sables-d’Olonne (Vendée), after data from Figaro and “Parisian. He was one of the most influential political advisors of the V^e Republic, working with Nicolas Sarkozy for the 2007 campaign, then throughout his five-year term.

Supporter of a “uninhibited right », he notably pleaded for an alliance between the National Front, the Rassemblement Pour la République (RPR) of Jacques Chirac and the Union for French Democracy (UDF) of Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. He is also behind the creation of a ministry of immigration and national identity.

“Patrick Buisson was a man of great culture, a talented writer and a mad lover of France”reacted Marine Le Pen, chief of the National Rally, on.

In 1981, Patrick Buisson became a journalist in the far-right weekly Minutebefore directing the editorial staff in 1986. He took over the editorial management of Current values in 1987, and began a long career as a political analyst on LCI. He truly entered politics in the 1990s.

Patrick Buisson has been involved in several legal cases. In February 2014, Point reveals that the political advisor recorded meetings with Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée without his knowledge. Then, in 2015, he was indicted in the Elysée polls affair for “conceal of favoritism”, “embezzlement of public funds” And ” misuse of company belongings “. He was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros for having benefited from major survey contracts without a call for tenders.

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