The Bastille ignites again

This is where May 10, 1981 had left the celebrated François Mitterrand, the first socialist elected president under the Fifth Republic: Sunday, 31 years later, she returned to celebrate the victory of Francois Hollande, Place de la Bastille in Paris. 20 hours. Face the winner appears on the giant screen, confirming what everyone subodorait, rumors on social networks are being made increasingly clear in the afternoon. The outcry is huge on a place as black people than the Rue de Solferino, at the Socialist Party headquarters.

When, newly arrived from Tulle, sometimes near the place more than four hours later, 20 to 00 h, it triggers a jubilant crowd in as compact until early evening. All evening, the smoke lit up the Genie de la Bastille, firecrackers crackled, flags were flown. Soon the column was climbed in July, the security gates and strides the crowd pressed toward the stage listening to artists 'friends', Yannick Noah, Ridan, Pep's, Kassav, Yael Naim, Axel Bauer ...

Meanwhile Francois Hollande, the defeated candidate Segolene Royal in 2007 has collected a great success of esteem to the applause, criticizes the "money power" and gets into "Ségolène president". The forefront of assistance very young, the pressure is high, some crowd movements take place, but the atmosphere is good-even if it takes over an hour to travel a few tens of meters.

Sarkozy jeered

"Chairman Holland", "We won! We won!" The crowd chanted. Some waved red roses, others raise and slam his fist as they cheer the loser's lady-killer. "Bye bye Sarko", "Sarko in prison", "Sarko, it's over!" One hears. The intervention of the president is also copiously beaten hoot as the voices on the right Jean-Francois Cope and Nadine Morano. A man, ironically, asked whether the sausages are sold in a booth "halal", a campaign theme developed by Nicolas Sarkozy to the chagrin of the left.

"Holland president, it will change the notion of president," said the actress Josiane Balasko, long-standing support of the Socialists and François Hollande. Clementine Celarie, Guy Bedos, Michel Piccoli is also there. Armel Noisy, Etienne 60 years, came to celebrate "the departure of Nicolas Sarkozy" but also expects that it meets Francois Hollande "he said during the debate in his long tirade: Moi, President ... ". As the crowd demands on the president-elect: "Holland, the change, it really should be now," demanded a placard, "Quick, the Sixth Republic", "Retirement at 60 years full rate, it is now "require other.

In 1981, the party was organized in improvisation, in the afternoon, when the polls did not leave the slightest doubt about the identity of the winner. It was also held in the rain and Mitterrand had not come about. This time it was prepared. Under the eye of cameras placed at the foot of the Opera Bastille, built during the Mitterrand era, supporters had flooded very early before the formalization of the results. "I was already there in 1981, in the rain, and it is important that children see this," says Olivier Guedj, dentist of 44 years came with her children.