A year after their meeting in Manhattan, the former Secretary of State spoke about his relationship with his new companion in an interview. gala, Thursday, March 14.
The officialization of their relationship in the media caused a lot of ink. A few months after they met and fell in love at first sight in Manhattan, Marlene Schiapa, former Minister of Citizenship and former Secretary of State, and her new companion, Matthias Savignak, president of MGEN mutual, decided to reveal their story in broad daylight. . After a few months of looking back, the couple, now together for a year, returned to the magazine’s columns about this momentous decision. gala, on March 14.
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New life
It has been several months since the life of the former politician changed dramatically. The latter, in fact, divorced almost a year ago from Cédric Brugier, with whom she shared her life for almost twenty years, and adopted her two daughters, aged 18 and 12. “I’m still surprised by the fact that I met someone with whom I have such a feeling. We write to each other all day, call 20 times a day… I don’t go to dinner anymore if Mathias is not there,” says the former politician in this interview. Gala.
“We live our love day by day”
Marriage, however, is not part of her plans with Matias Savignac. “For now, we live our love day by day,” she explains. The accomplished 41-year-old politician does not seem to want to pay attention to criticism. “If people don’t have the maturity to understand that a woman can love again at 40, I don’t care,” he said. A view shared by his companion.
“At the age of 50, I no longer want to waste time on trifles,” declared Matthias Savignak. It is the age where we are acutely aware of the finitude of things. (…) That’s why I stay away from social networks. Our loved ones are happy for us, and that’s the main thing,” he says. A year later, on the occasion of CSW, the Commission on the Status of Women, they are going to return to the United Nations in Manhattan, where they met.
“We’ll be there to protect our commitments, but it’s a joy to return to the place of our love at first sight,” he enthuses. “It’s irrational, I always knew something in my life would happen in New York. I even have the Statue of Liberty tattooed on my right forearm.” But it was in Paris that they found their common accommodation, a few months later.
“We didn’t want to have a double life.”
“It was brave,” he comments Gala. “Many people told us that it will not last more than two weeks,” reveals the former minister. Before qualifying. “It’s not a dare either, it was pretty easy. It’s a common story, like many people in their 40s or 50s. »
A vision shared by his companion. “It was more obvious than courage. What we experienced is both exceptional and strange,” explains the father of two children (a 23-year-old daughter and a 17-year-old son), who had to give up some of his activities after meeting Marlene Sciappa. to avoid conflict of interest.
“One person’s happiness sometimes causes the unhappiness of others. Have you considered hiding this relationship? “, asked Gala Marlene Skippa. “It was out of the question. We didn’t want to have a double life. After 40, you know when it’s serious. We also wanted to be responsible for the people we lived with,” he confidently answers.
Kind feedback
It was also necessary to break the news to Marlene Sciappa’s professional circle, in particular, Elizabeth Bourne and Emmanuel Macron. “It’s paradoxical, we feel like we have something to blame ourselves when we’re just in love,” she admits. Fortunately, both would welcome this news. “Elizabeth Bourne was very understanding. He told me that being in love is always good news. Emmanuel Macron also had a good response,” he shares.
“We write to each other from time to time with the president. When I left, we had a long forty-five minute discussion on the phone. The First Lady and I text each other all the time. We talk about current events, things in life. I am also reading his daughter Tiffen’s book about domestic violence, a topic dear to me. Brigitte Macron is a very human woman, she receives a lot of news,” says the former secretary of state.
A new relationship that seems to inspire him. The latter is preparing to publish a book in May new romance published by Fayard. It will tell the love story of a minister and take readers behind the scenes of politics.
Source: Le Figaro
