He had been minister and secretary of state several times. André Bettencourt died today, in Neuilly sur Seine, at the age of 88, after a long illness. Born in Saint-Maurice-d'Etelan, André Bettencourt, husband of Liliane Bettencourt, was well known to the Normans for having also obtained many mandates in the region. Back on his journey. Commentary on archive images interspersed with an interview with Charles REVET, former president of the Seine-Maritime General Council from 1993 to 2004.
Louis MERMAZ, President of the National Assembly, asks opposition MPs Jacques Toubon, Alain Madelin and François d'Aubert to apologize for questioning François Mitterrand’s past as a resistance fighter during a previous session. Pierre GUILLAIN DE BENOUVILLE, also a member of the opposition and a hero of the Resistance, defended the President of the Republic.
Montparnasse station, 5.30pm: François MITTERRAND, President of the Republic, raising Henri ROL-TANGUY to the dignity of a great cross of the Legion of Honour and making Pierre de BENOUVILLE a grand officer of the Legion of Honour.
Eugène Schueller, father of Liliane Bettencourt and founder of L'Oréal, finances la Cagoule. Among the adherents of this racist underground movement are François Dalle, André Bettencourt and François Mitterrand, who will do everything possible to launder Schueller and Dalle at the Liberation. Commentary on archival images followed by an interview with Patrick EVENO, a historian specialised in the press.
Interviewed by Daniel BILALIAN, François DALLE, honorary president of L'Oréal, evokes his long-standing friendship with François MITTERRAND, who disappeared that day.