The former First Lady of France, Valerie Trierweiler, on a trip to India, spoke to accompanying journalists about her failed relationship with the French President Francois Hollande, and said the break-up was mutual.
Speaking to French journalists, Trierweiler said, "If François Hollande hadn't been President, perhaps we would have still been together."
The 47-year-old former journalist also questioned Hollande's ability to manage things without a first lady. She also said that French politicians have been known to take mistresses. "People don't realise how much treachery and hypocrisy there is. You get hit without doing anything," she said, according to the Metro.
Trierweiler also said that their breakup was mutual. "My separation was a break-up, not a sacking," she said. "There was no formal warning. We are not at war. We talk on the telephone," the ex-First Lady said, according to i-Tele television and RTL radio. Furthermore, she refrained from commenting on the French actress Julie Gayet, who is reportedly having an affair with Hollande.
She also said that she will continue to write for Paris Match.
On the other hand, 59-year-old Hollande is facing criticism for the way he dumped Trierweiler. This is not the first time he has left a partner for another woman. Previously he left Segolene Royal, who is the mother of his four children for Trierweiler, reported Agence France-Presse.
"I felt like I was reading a sacking letter rather than a break-up one," said Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, of the opposition UMP, who is also eyeing the mayor's seat of Paris.
