Nicolas Sarkozy’s strange encounters make elected LR officials jump – 20 Minutes

“I am ashamed for him in the face of such betrayal”. Brigitte Kuster can’t believe it. The LR deputy who is representing herself in the 4th district of Paris says she is “flabbergasted” to our colleagues from Figaro. The cause of this excitement? The fact that Wednesday morning, Nicolas Sarkozy received Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, his rival Ensemble! for the second round, reveals Le Parisien. They discussed “the political situation, the search for a stable majority and the push of the Nupes and the far left”, according to comments by the candidate’s team reported by the daily. ‘all the more badly for candidate LR as she has long been a faithful Nicolas Sarkozy since she was president of his Parisian support committee during the right-wing primary in 2016, that Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet is a former socialist and that the latter largely dominated the first round (41.03% against 28.91%). “If Brigitte Kuster had asked to see Nicolas Sarkozy, this one would also have received it”, nevertheless indicates the entourage of the former president to Parisian. Unworthy. Traitor “But the damage is done, and perhaps a sign that the Sarkozian star is no longer as bright as before within LR, the words were harsh against the founder of the party. “It’s a very great sadness, it’s a betrayal”, reacted Jean-François Copé on RTL while Geoffroy Boulard, mayor of the 17th arrondissement, took out the sulfateuse on Twitter: “Shabby. Unworthy. Traitor. When a so-called “right-wing” president supports a left-wing candidate […]…He who gave so many lessons in loyalty. Ready to do anything to exist and save his skin. Without forgetting the “vomit” emoji of course. And on the contrary, all the LR pundits united around Brigitte Kuster. Whether it is Valérie Pécresse, who, we more, had not been supported by Nicolas Sarkozy during the last presidential election and who boasts of “a high quality deputy who defends a clear political line in Parliament”, or even Xavier Bertrand, via a short video, via Michel Barnier and Rahida Dati on the move on Wednesday in the 4th district.