Charles Pasqua: the funeral of a sponsor – The Obs

At the entrance of the Hotel des Invalides, a man looks annoyed. It is barely nine o’clock he is already hot and ballet official sedans began. Dry, nervous, our man must wait before entering. He runs a hand through his hair. Some people are extracted from the crowd to greet him. To all, he replies, a kiss. Eric Cesari is its name, is a secret character, at the intersection of politics and business. Indicted in Bygmalion case, it is part of that army of shadows on which relied Charles Pasqua throughout his political career. Loans faithful to everything in the name, they said, of the “best interests of the motherland.” In the bright bays of the St. Louis Cathedral, how many are those, politicians but also activists, barbouzards, anonymous, Corsicans, veterans invaded the chest charms, blue-white-red flags waved proudly

Many politicians have attended the funeral of Charles Pasqua: Edouard Balladur, Alain Juppe Francois Fillon Gerard Larcher, Jacques Toubon or the Secretary of State Socialist Jean-Marie Le Guen. (ALAIN GUIZARD / BESTIMAGE)

The funeral of Charles Pasqua, is like that of Vito Corleone: they sound