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The budget of the Élysée has increased ninefold in twelve years of Chirac's presidency. Gathering information is difficult, because the cult of secrecy surrounds the finances of the supreme power. This very French opacity is not the rule in Europe. Even the Queen of England publishes detailed accounts today. In Finland, as in most countries of the North, transparency pushes the president to make public all her invoices to citizens who ask for them! Collaborators of Charles de Gaulle, François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, and the former President of the Republic Valéry Giscard d'Estaing himself reveal some secrets of the functioning and lifestyle at the head of state. Productions Tony Comiti. Author: Florent Chevolleau. - Follow us on the networks: Facebook: / investigationsenquetes