Nicolas Sarkozy asks Emmanuel Macron to sign a “political agreement” with the right – The HuffPost

GONZALO FUENTES / AFP France’s former President Francois Hollande (L) looks on as France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron (R) after he is sworn-in for a second term as president following his re-election on April 14 , during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 7, 2022. (Photo by GONZALO FUENTES / POOL / AFP) GONZALO FUENTES / AFP Nicolas Sarkozy and Emmanuel Macron, during the inauguration of the President of the Republic, on 7 May 2022. RIGHT – Will they end up on the same side? Nicolas Sarkozy wants Emmanuel Macron to turn to the right “in a more frank way”. While the majority of the President of the Republic is only relative, his predecessor would like to see him conclude “a political agreement” with his political family. “It is not insulting anyone to recall that President Macron comes from the left”, explains Nicolas Sarkozy in a very long interview with the Journal du Dimanche where it is also a question of the right or the war in Ukraine. “The president has undeniable intuitions and experience. But I observe that he can sometimes be tempted to stop in the middle of the ford. These are the disadvantages of ‘at the same time’”, he explains. So, if he pays homage to his successor, credited with “coolness, moderation and experience”, he gives him advice. “I would sometimes like him to cross the Rubicon more frankly, because France today is mostly on the side of the party of authority, firmness, freedom. Call it centre-right, centre, republican right, whatever: the strategic axis of the country is clearly there”, wants to believe the man who led France from 2007 to 2012. Nicolas Sarkozy finally points out the limits of article 49.3 of the Constitution, which makes it possible to pass a law in the Assembly without a vote, unless the vote of a motion of censure overthrows the government. Emmanuel Macron, he underlines, “could also seek to make a political agreement in good and due form with all the good wills ready to constitute a majority in the best interests of the country. We never deny ourselves when we make the choice of the general interest. In this interview where he talks about politics as rarely since he was eliminated in the right-wing primary at the end of 2016, the former President of the Republic and founder of the Republicans (LR) assumes his support for Emmanuel Macron in the campaign. presidential, to the detriment of the candidate of his camp Valérie Pécresse: “And if it was to be done again, I would do it again. See also on The HuffPost: You cannot view this content because you have refused the cookies associated with content from third parties. If you want to view this content, you can change your choices.