Mr Pasqua was head of the Hauts-de-Seine council, the department that includes the posh suburb of Neuilly, where Mr Sarkozy was first elected mayor, and became his political godfather.

• 帕斯瓜先生曾是上塞纳省省议会议长，时尚的讷伊市，萨科奇首次当选市长也是他扬帆政界的地方，便隶属该省。