France's Sarkozy attracts mockery with Twitter chat


  • World
  • Friday, 15 May 2015

Nicolas Sarkozy, former French president and current UMP conservative political party head, attends a political rally in the Essonne department as he campaigns for French departmental elections in Palaiseau, near Paris, in this file picture taken March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy drew a wave of mocking comments about his judicial woes when he launched a rare question-and-answer session on Twitter on Friday.

During the near 1-1/2 hour session, followers learnt that he has both a cat and a dog, and loved the third season of TV show Homeland, but most of the questions on the #NSDIRECT feed focussed elsewhere.

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