(..) We want no photos with the playboy. It would mean disaster. French reporters are cowards. They're under control. But if they go via Switzerland or Belgium, then we're screwed. Nothing we can do. We'll tell friends in the press Chirac and Villepin peddle info about your private life. (..)

(..) you're just another politico. Without UMP infrastructure, without UMP resources and UMP money, I can't run. You reach the Elysee via the UMP. It's simple! Maybe, but people see you as a man of action. Here you can act. It's palpable, concrete. The UMP is peanut (..)