Francois Hollande tells ministers to have staycation

Mr Sarkozy himself shocked the French by borrowing the private jet and yacht
of billionaire friend and industrialist Vincent Bolloré days after his
election, leaving an indelible “bling” stain on his presidency.

Unfazed, he and second wife Cecilia then flew to the US to holiday in a 22,000
(£17,000) a week luxury villa at Wolfeboro. He used Mr Bolloré’s jet again
to stay with wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in Egypt, later taking lavish holidays
in Jordan, Mexico and Brazil.

After losing his re-election bid in May, the Sarkozys stayed in a palatial
apartment in Marrakesh belonging to King Mohammed before jetting off to
Canada to take a break in the home of a wealthy media, insurance and
investment tycoon.

Mr Hollande and girlfriend Valerie Trierweiler will, in contrast, be taking
two small breaks totalling just four days at the 11th century presidential
retreat of the Fort de Bregançon on the French Riviera. It may sound
idyllic, but Charles de Gaulle was so unhappy after one “nightmarish”
mosquito-plagued night there in an undersized bed in 1964 that he never set
foot in the place again.

Heeding Mr Hollande’s call, prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will spend two
weeks at his holiday home on the Ile de Rhuys in Brittany – the top summer
destination for French ministers.

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