It may be spring, but the sky definitely does not want to clear for Les Républicains (LR). After the historic defeat of Valérie Pécresse in the first round of the presidential election, it is a new thunderclap that has shaken the right-wing party. In a message on his Facebook account, published Tuesday April 12, Nicolas Sarkozy gave his support to Emmanuel Macron for the second round and pleaded for the ” gathering “inviting the overcoming of partisan systems.
According to him, the outgoing president “has the necessary experience in the face of a serious international crisis” and “its economic project puts the value of work at the center of all its priorities”. Finally, he writes, “its European commitment is clear and unambiguous”.
Nicolas Sarkozy, who refused to support Valérie Pécresse before the first round of voting, now goes even further, brutally disavowing his political family and its leaders. The day before, LR had precisely chosen to call to block Marine Le Pen without giving instructions to vote in favor of the outgoing head of state. “You can never go wrong by choosing clarity and consistency”tackles the former President of the Republic. “The interest of France must be our only guide”he adds, hollow criticism of the median position adopted by his political party.
Above all, the former tenant of the Elysée, who invites to answer “to the call for the rally of Emmanuel Macron in view of the presidential election”opens the door to a broader recomposition for the future, in the wake of the outgoing president, who wishes to found “a great political movement of unity and action”, beyond differences in sensitivity. Here again, Nicolas Sarkozy loose LR who, during his strategic meeting, had reaffirmed, Monday, his independence vis-à-vis the outgoing president, seeing it as the condition of his political survival. “A new era is dawningargues Nicolas Sarkozy. It will require profound changes. It will be necessary to get out of habits and partisan reflexes. »
With this message, Nicolas Sarkozy, who was received by Emmanuel Macron to discuss these major maneuvers ten days ago, potentially opens a major crisis within the Republicans. The party that tried to erase its divisions in the aftermath of the defeat is again in danger of going through a strong zone of turbulence. By launching a call to respond favorably to the hand extended by Emmanuel Macron, the former president could bring in his wake elected officials seduced by the idea, but who have not dared to express it so openly until then.
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