The “new world” dreamed of by Jacques Attali
If the media was very focused on Brigitte, wife of Emmanuel Macron, on his legs, the outfits and their love story, they paid less interest to the "spiritual father" of the French president, the French economist and banker Jacques Attali, Mitterrand's historic advisor, then advisor to Sarkozy: he would have been the one to introduce Macron to Hollande who would then have called him as assistant secretary to the Elysée, finally in 2014 to hold the position of Minister of Economy under the presidency of Manuel Valls, taking over from Arnaud Montebourg.
It was Attali himself who claimed the spiritual "paternity" of the new French president of whom he speaks with pride ("He will be an extraordinary president"). Already in April 2016 predicted that an unknown would win the presidential elections of 2017 and indicated two possible names: Emmanuel Macron and Bruno Le Maire.
Attali, who helped write the Maastricht Treaty, he is a lobbyist who over the years has released disturbing interventions in line with his fervent non-fiction production (think about Brief history of the future of the 2006). The phrase «And what did the European rabble believe, that the Euro was created for their happiness?». Read More