was sentenced to ten years of prison. He was freed after seven years in jail, on 3 August 2009. After his release Brunerie stated that he did not want to kill Chirac, but rather wanted to commit suicide by cop by being beaten to death by the GIGN. He finished his BTS in management accounting in prison. He was interviewed by Europe 1 not long after his release, stating that he "lost it" in 2002 and wants to move on. In 2011, he released an autobiography titled A normal life: I wanted to kill Jacques Chirac and now says he is far from any political activism. The same year he founded a book reselling company. His political views changed; he requested a membership for the Democratic Movement but was denied. He voted for Ségolène Royal in the 2011 Socialist Party presidential primary. In 2011, he posted an update on a literary review called Bordel; the update was removed before the review was published. In 2012, he triggered a controversy by participating in the jury of a literary prize created by Laurence Biava. In 2013, he participated in a protest against same-sex marriage. In 2018, he was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence of three months for domestic abuse. References 1977 births Living people 21st-century French criminals Failed assassins French assassins Far-right politicians in France French nationalists French neo-Nazis French prisoners and detainees People convicted of attempted murder People from Essonne Prisoners and detainees of France