French presidential election: Sarkozy deals new blow to Pecracy

The expedition of Valerie Pecres is not one long calm river. After the first meeting, a few months ago, severely criticized in both form and essence, the right-wing candidate is struggling to restore his image. This is evidenced by recent polls, far behind Emmanuel Macron (28%), Marine Le Pen (17.5%) or Jean-Luc Mélenchon (14%), who place it with an intent of 10 or 11% of the vote.

Can things still change between now and the first round, which will take place on Sunday, April 10? No one can predict it, but Valerie Pecracy will hold a very important meeting next Sunday. Important as this will be their last match before the first round. But it is also important because it is symbolic: the meeting takes place in the exhibition center of the Porte de Versailles, in le-de-France. A place that has no chance as it is where Jacques Chirac founded the Rally for the Republic (RPR), a right-wing party between 1976 and 2002, and then became the UMP. Then, it was also there that Nicolas Sarkozy made his presidential candidacy official on January 14, 2007. A few months later, he became the President of the Republic.

If Valerie Pecracy will be able to count on some overwhelming support next Sunday, the former president, on the other hand, will be the great absentee from the event. Although invited, Nicolas Sarkozy preferred to give up. “He chose to stay in this campaign as a distance, which takes place in a particular context”From indicates their crew to our allies of paris, More than sure signs for conflict in Ukraine.

But the French media said it was a well-known disapproval for the right-wing candidate, because there is “Less chance of seeing the last president of the republic from the right-wing party dubs the candidacy of his former minister”, Parisianwho reports “Hard words in private” On behalf of Pecrese, on behalf of Sarkozy, specifies that on behalf of the LR party, “Many of them hope that he [Sarkozy, NDLR] Don’t invite Emmanuel Macron to vote before the first round of elections. What the most pessimists already regard as clemency on the part of Nicolas Sarkozy”,