{"id":12962,"date":"2014-03-06T08:07:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T08:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/sarkozy-couple-seek-tape-injunction\/"},"modified":"2014-03-06T08:07:22","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T08:07:22","slug":"sarkozy-couple-seek-tape-injunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/sarkozy-couple-seek-tape-injunction\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarkozy Couple Seek Tape Injunction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni are to launch legal action after secret recordings of them were leaked online.}}<\/p>\n

Lawyers for Mr Sarkozy say they will file a request for an injunction to prevent more from being published.<\/p>\n

They say the recordings were made by a former aide, Patrick Buisson, without the couple’s knowledge.<\/p>\n

Though embarrassing, the transcripts are unlikely to cause political damage, correspondents say.<\/p>\n

Mr Sarkozy was said to be furious after it emerged that Mr Buisson had recorded hundreds of hours of meetings and private conversations during his 2007-12 term as French president.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Mr Buisson’s lawyer confirmed that the tapes had been made but claimed they had been done to help him to keep a proper record of all discussions with Mr Sarkozy and other officials.<\/p>\n

Most of the recordings were destroyed and those that have been made public must have been stolen, the lawyer added.<\/p>\n

{{‘Betrayed’}}<\/p>\n

Some of the recordings were published by satirical magazine Le Canard Enchaine and website Atlantico on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The initial revelations contain excerpts in which top officials express scorn over the presence of Mr Sarkozy’s wife at meetings at the Elysee.<\/p>\n

They also suggest that Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy was unhappy she had lost income when she married Mr Sarkozy, and hoped to boost her finances by advertising anti-ageing products.<\/p>\n

Mr Sarkozy himself is shown to have been dismissive, even mocking, of the capacities of some of his ministers.<\/p>\n

Henri Guaino, one of Mr Sarkozy’s closest allies, said the former president felt “betrayed” by Mr Buisson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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