Though former President François Mitterrand’s second family was virtually a state secret, known only to a select elite and hidden from the public by a reverential press, his mistress and their daughter attended his funeral. And Sarkozy’s tumultuous private life at the beginning of his presidency was on open display.
对于这种事情的曝光，法国人在道德上并不会受到太大冲击。尽管前总统密特朗的第二家庭几乎完全是国家机密，只有一小撮精英知道，媒体也配合地帮忙隐瞒，但他的情人和他们的女儿仍参加了他的葬礼。而萨科齐在担任总统之初以私生活混乱而著称，全法国都知道。