Nicolas Sarkozy calls on the right to "find a leader who is able to bring together the friends of Zemmour, Macron and Ciotti"

“Without a rally, the right has no chance of winning” the next presidential election. During an interview with the readers of Le Parisien, Nicolas Sarkozy pleads to “find a leader who is able to bring together the friends of MM. Zemmour, Macron and Ciotti” by 2027.

“If there is not a strong Republican right, then it will raise the National Front. So you have to find a leader who is able to bring everyone together, Mr. Zemmour’s friends, Mr. Macron’s friends, Mr. Ciotti’s friends,” he explains.

Recalling that “(his) majority, at the time, ranged from Bernard Kouchner to Philippe de Villiers”, the former president, referred to a criminal court as part of suspicions of Libyan financing of his 2007 campaign, judges that a leader “must take risks”. “One thing is for sure, if you calculate small, you will fail,” he assures.

Regarding the putative candidates for the 2027 presidential election, “there is a platoon with a number of quality personalities – Gérald Darmanin, Bruno Le Maire, Édouard Philippe, Laurent Wauquiez – who can apply”, notes the 2012 loser.

But, about the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, “if you want to win Roland-Garros and you are in the final, it is not by playing small arms that you will succeed”, he observes, then that Mr. Wauquiez has maintained remarkable discretion for several months.

“A real leader must be built in the fight, it is not someone who is taken by the hand and to whom we say: ‘It will be you'”, pleads Nicolas Sarkozy who had supported Emmanuel Macron against Valérie Pécresse during the last presidential election.

“If the text goes the right way, it should be voted on”

Asked about the immigration bill which is to be presented to Parliament this fall, and which could contain both a repressive component on expulsions and an outstretched hand for immigrant workers, particularly in sectors in tension, “I will simply say to my friends (LR): if the text goes in the right direction, it must be voted on”, pleads Nicolas Sarkozy, believing that “a government party must assume its responsibilities”.

“Regularize immigrants in shortage occupations, why not. Basically, it’s not a bad idea”, he considers, defending however the idea of ??”shifting the two subjects in time”, that is to say to use two legislative texts distinct, an idea shared in certain ranks of the majority.