Chapter 850 Potential Stock

"I agree with you. He is a very promising person and worth our investment..."

"Yes, as the deputy secretary-general of the presidential palace, it is a good start."

What Barron talked about with Ashley Weber on the phone was about the new government of France.

In early May this year, in the second round of the French election, the Socialist candidate Hollande defeated the incumbent President Sarkozy and became the new president of France.

According to the French Constitution, the French president is elected by universal suffrage and adopts the "majority two-round voting system."

That is, if no one obtains more than half of the votes in the first round of voting, a second round of voting will be held, and voters will choose one of the two candidates with the first and second votes in the first round of elections as president.

This year is the election year in France. As the biggest opponent of the current ruling Union for a Popular Movement in France, Strauss-Kahn of the Socialist Party can no longer run for election because of the "sexual assault scandal" that broke out when he was the managing director of the International Monetary Fund last year.

The candidate launched by the Socialist Party is Hollande, who once served as an adviser to former President Mitterrand.

In the first round of voting in the election held on April 22, the incumbent president and Union for a Popular Movement candidate Sarkozy and Socialist Party candidate Hollande won the first round of voting and defeated three other competitors: the far-right National Front candidate Le Pen, the left-wing candidate Melenchon and the centrist Bayrou.

However, the support rate of both did not exceed half, so a second round of voting was needed between Sarkozy and Hollande.

On May 6, Hollande won 51.8% to 51.9% of the valid votes in the second round of presidential elections, defeated Sarkozy and was elected as the new president of France.

Barron's impression of Hollande is not too deep, but more of his "love history" and being called the most failed president of France...

For the French, who are known for their "romance", it seems that every president of theirs has no shortage of topics about private life.

But even so, Hollande's past in this regard is not much less.

For example, he is still unmarried, but has had several girlfriends, including Royal, who has served as minister for three terms and is much more famous than Hollande...

How strong is Royal?

In the Socialist Party primary before the 2007 French general election, Royal defeated three men, Kahn, Hollande and Fabius, and became the candidate of the Socialist Party to compete with Sarkozy.

Of course, Royal lost the election, but her influence in France is evident.

In addition, as a student who entered the "Voltaire Class" of the French Administrative Institute with Hollande in 1978 and lived with him for 30 years, Royal also gave birth to 4 children for him.

After Hollande became president, although he was still unmarried, it was his second girlfriend, veteran journalist Valerie, who became the de facto "first lady" of France.

Then, Hollande cheated again during his presidency. He was known to all French people for riding his bodyguard's "scooter" to meet actress Julie Gayet in private...

After his girlfriend Valerie learned about this, she rushed into Hollande's office in a rage and smashed the furniture inside, causing a loss of 3 million euros - the things she smashed included a national treasure: a Sevres porcelain vase with a history of more than 200 years and made during the Louis XVI period...

Don't feel that these French presidents are playing more and more, if you change your mindset, or their love lives are too consistent with the "tradition" of their country to gain higher support rates?

In addition, Hollande was also very unlucky during his tenure. France frequently experienced terrorist attacks, and its unemployment rate remained above 10%. Therefore, when his term was about to end, his support rate had dropped to only 4%, and he was called the most unsuccessful French president.

But now Hollande has just defeated Sarkozy in the general election, and was officially sworn in as the President of France and the Grand Duke of Andorra on May 15th...

In fact, since the implementation of the presidential system in France, the French president has also served as the Grand Duke of Andorra.

Andorra, whose full name is the Grand Principality of Andorra, is located in southwestern Europe. It is a small country with a total area of ​​about 468 square kilometers and a population of about 78,000.

Andorra was first established in the 9th century by Charlemagne, the King of the Franks, in order to prevent harassment by the Moors. Therefore, the history continues. There are two Grand Dukes of Andorra, one is the President of France and the other is the Bishop of Urgell, Spain.

For the two foreign Grand Dukes, Andorra will pay tribute on time every year-according to historical regulations, Andorra has to pay tribute of 960 francs to the President of France every year; and 430 pesos and 20 pieces of ham, pickled chicken and cheese to the Bishop of Urgell, Spain.

After Hollande took office, he appointed Manu as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace, responsible for economic and financial affairs.

Manu Baron is very familiar with him, after all, when he was reborn in his previous life, the other party was the French president.

Of course, adhering to the tradition that the emotional life of the French president must be sufficiently topical, Manu is most talked about for his "teacher-student love".

Manu's wife Brigitte is 24 years older than him. The two met when Manu was in high school. At that time, Brigitte's eldest daughter Laurence was the same age as Manu and was a classmate, and Brigitte was Manu's French and drama teacher.

There are rumors that the two fell in love and got married because Brigitte's family has a close relationship with the Rothschild family - in fact, this is unfounded. In fact, the family chocolate shop run by Brigitte's parents has a history of more than 100 years, and its assets are only more than 1 million euros...

And when the two fell in love, Manu was just a high school student...

But Manu does have some relationship with the Rothschild family - in 2008, Manu resigned from his senior civil service position, devoted himself to the private sector, and joined the Rothschild family's investment bank.

Perhaps in the original time and space, Manu's subsequent political career was helped by the Rothschild family, but now...

LCF Rothschild Group has been acquired by William Weber Capital, so Manu has become a member of Natixis Bank, which they control.

So with the current influence of the Rothschild family, it is naturally impossible to provide much help to Manu.

But Barron has not forgotten the future French president. The difference between the French election and that of the United Kingdom and the United States is that the Socialist Party and the Popular Social Union, which are in the main positions, have not made much difference in their main policy programs in recent elections. The main factor affecting the election results is the personal charm of the candidates...

And Manu can be said to be a natural politician. Under this election situation in France, his chances of winning are very high...

Similarly, as a qualified politician, Manu is also flexible enough. He is also very eager to get the support of William Weber Capital, the traditional political family behind Natixis Bank, and the Weber family, which is a traditional political family in France.