Nicolas Sarkozy descends into the Parisian arena. As we enter the final stretch of the municipal elections - the first round will take place in a month, March 15 - the former President of the Republic has decided to formalize his support for the head of the list Les Républicains , Rachida Dati.
According to our information, Nicolas Sarkozy will be present at the meeting to be held by his former Keeper of the Seals, Monday, March 9 at the Gaveau hall (VIIIth arrondissement). It should be the only public meeting of the Parisian campaign of Rachida Dati, who has so far preferred to multiply small trips and meetings in cafes.
Unexpected progress in polls
The mayor (LR) of the 7th arrondissement has wanted for a while to win public support from the one she considers to be her mentor, and who launched her into politics. A way, she hopes, to put a little more wind in the sails of her campaign. Rachida Dati has experienced significant progress in the polls since entering the battle, placing her in second position at 20%, behind the outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo. Unexpected for a poorly shaped Parisian right, especially in the capital where internal rivalries are used to punctuate the countryside.
If it should be recalled that this polling progression does not augur for the moment in any way of a possible victory for the right - the voting system, by districts, obliges political alliances to hope to prevail -, Rachida Dati hopes to be able to capitalize on the presence and support of the last President of the Republic from the right to boost the last days of the campaign.
Baroin's support on February 25
Nicolas Sarkozy will he beat the recall of right-wing voters? The surprise withdrawal of the official candidate of the Republic on the march, Benjamin Griveaux, this Friday February 14 in the morning, opens in any case the door to a return to the fold of some of these voters, who, in Paris, abandoned the ballot LR in favor of a Macron vote. If he has withdrawn from political life, the former head of state recently showed that he keeps an eye on the affairs of his family, and especially his friends. He had appeared in January with the No. 2 LR, Guillaume Peltier, at a public meeting and could also move to Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) in early March, in support of the outgoing mayor (LR).
Nicolas Sarkozy is in any case not the only one to come and support the Dati campaign. The mayor (LR) of Troyes, François Baroin, some of whom hope he will wear the colors of the right in 2022, will appear on Tuesday, February 25 at a political cafe in the XIth arrondissement alongside his head Parisian list and its campaign manager, Nelly Garnier, leader in this sector of eastern Paris.